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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "August 25, 1983," what is the young Borges told?
(a) The time of his death.
(b) He has committed blasphemy.
(c) He will write his great book.
(d) He has never been a writer.

2. In "A Prayer," what is the narrator's attitude toward his prayer?
(a) He doesn't think much about it: he says the words with no thought.
(b) He thinks it will make sure he is saved.
(c) He repudiates it.
(d) He hopes it will give him worldly riches.

3. In "Ulrikke," what happens between the narrator and Ulrikke?
(a) They switch identities.
(b) They casually sleep together.
(c) They have a brutal knife fight.
(d) The narrator pursues her around the world.

4. Which of the following best describes the theme of "Mutations"?
(a) Mankind will change into something radically different because of scientific experiments.
(b) Writing will become superfluous because people will communicate telepathically.
(c) Objects used for death often become symbols for different things.
(d) The connotations of words are extremely hard to alter.

5. In "Borges and I," who are the two characters?
(a) Borges and an unknown narrator.
(b) Borges and his character John Vincent Moon.
(c) Borges the writer, and the personal Borges.
(d) Borges and Edgar Allan Poe.

6. In "The Night of the Gits," who is The Captive?
(a) A man entranced by literature.
(b) An innocent boy.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A war prisoner.

7. In "The Disk," what god is associated with the disk?
(a) Vishnu.
(b) Thor.
(c) Odin.
(d) Isis.

8. In "Unworthy," what does the rest of the gang call Fischbein?
(a) The Tiger.
(b) Fish.
(c) Little Russian.
(d) Iron Fist.

9. In "The Story from Rosendo Juarez," what becomes of Rosendo?
(a) He becomes a mystic.
(b) His fighting increases, and he becomes the reputed toughest man in the world.
(c) He becomes a worker in rural Uruguay.
(d) He is killed by the Yardmaster.

10. In "A Weary Man's Utopia," how old is the man from the future?
(a) 100.
(b) 35.
(c) 3, with scientific advances, humans reach maturity extremely early.
(d) 400.

11. In "Guayaquil," what do the narrator and Professor Zimmerman compete for?
(a) A letter from Shakespeare to Anne Hathaway.
(b) The head chair of their department.
(c) A recently discovered Poe short story.
(d) A letter from Simon Bolivar.

12. In "Avelino Arredondo," whom does Avelino murder?
(a) A heretic.
(b) The Uruguayan President, Juan Borda.
(c) A rival in love.
(d) His wife.

13. In "Museum--On Exactitude in Science," how big are the maps of the Empire?
(a) The size of stamps.
(b) They can only be seen with microscopes.
(c) As big as the Empire.
(d) The size of regular maps.

14. In "Delia Elena San Marco," what does the narrator wonder after the death of his beloved?
(a) If her death was more painful than she let on.
(b) Why he ever loved her in the first place.
(c) If she secretly despised him.
(d) Whether he can speak to her soul again.

15. In "The Rose of Paracelsus," what does the young man want Paracelsus to do?
(a) Turn a rose into gold.
(b) Turn one rose into a thousand.
(c) Burn a rose and then recreate it.
(d) Simply appreciate the beauty of a rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Dreamtigers," the protagonist can see only little tigers, what kind does he want to see?

2. In "The Bribe," what does Dr. Winthrop have to do?

3. In "Undr," what does the sacred word of the Urns mean?

4. In "The Duel," though friends, Clara and Marta compete at what activity?

5. In "Ragnarok," what happens to the Gods who reappear?

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