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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the story where Bioy claims he finally has found his style?
(a) Thinking Alone.
(b) The Idol.
(c) Asleep in the Sun.
(d) The Celestial Plot.

2. The essayist say Casares's novels are rich in what?
(a) Reasoned imagination.
(b) Surreal imagination.
(c) Provoking images.
(d) Bizarre character sketches.

3. The narrator makes his bed out of what?
(a) Tree trunks and seaweed.
(b) Moss and leaves.
(c) Branches and leaves.
(d) Feathers and branches.

4. What is the name of the Mexican poet referenced in the introduction?
(a) Octavio Paz.
(b) Pita Amor.
(c) Gabriella Brimmer.
(d) Manuel Carpio.

5. What is the name of the Japanese cruiser that finds the dead crew of a ship?
(a) Namura.
(b) Cornea.
(c) Oshkido.
(d) Samurai.

6. What room measures forty feet by fifty feet?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The lounge.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The library.

7. What two buildings are on top of the hill?
(a) A town hall and a belltower.
(b) A museum and a chapel.
(c) A factory and a mill.
(d) A cinema and a cafe.

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

9. What does the author say he is bathed in after two or three minutes out of the pool?
(a) Urine.
(b) Love.
(c) Sweat.
(d) Water.

10. What does the Italian in Calcutta sell?
(a) Rugs.
(b) Watches.
(c) Bags.
(d) Wigs.

11. Which of the following is a summer resort?
(a) Marienbad.
(b) Boxhagen.
(c) The Dales.
(d) Potsdam.

12. Casares is from what country?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Spain.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Chile.

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

14. Which Edgar Allan Poe story does the writer reference in the introduction?
(a) The House of Usher.
(b) The Pit and the Pendulum.
(c) Black Cat.
(d) The Raven.

15. What does the narrator say it would have been practical to build out of stones?
(a) A toilet.
(b) A house.
(c) A barricade.
(d) An outdoor oven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Eliseo Subiela's metaphysical film?

2. What does the chapel look like?

3. What kind of poetry does Bioy favor?

4. The narrator says the men violate the sanctity of what?

5. What does the narrator claims stops one from running away in dreams?

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