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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 9 through 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what does the narrator say the paper he is writing is changing ?
(a) A will.
(b) A shopping list.
(c) A script.
(d) A diary.

2. Which French novelist does Borges reference in the prologue?
(a) Andre Gide.
(b) Jean Paul Sartre.
(c) Marcel Proust.
(d) Albert Camus.

3. The people on the mountainside are unmindful of what kind of creature?
(a) Rats.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Scorpions.

4. What does the narrator claims stops one from running away in dreams?
(a) The screams of loved ones.
(b) Dragons.
(c) A brick wall.
(d) A heavy weight.

5. Why is it impossible to cut the trees on top of the hill?
(a) They are diseased.
(b) The wood is too hard.
(c) They are guarded.
(d) They are too young.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the beautiful woman wear over her dark curls?

2. What genre did Robert Stevenson think the British reading public scorned in 1880?

3. Which of the following words does the author use to describe the building on the hill?

4. Why does the Italian say the Rockefeller Institute never visit the island?

5. Which Edgar Allan Poe story does the writer reference in the introduction?

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