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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "In Memoriam, JFK," JFK's assassination is similar to what event?
(a) An assassination that occurs in a mirror in a labyrinth.
(b) The details of an O'Henry short story.
(c) The murder of the President of Uruguay in 1897.
(d) The exact same event on an alternate planet.

2. In "Ragnarok," what happens to the Gods who reappear?
(a) They are shot.
(b) They become regular people.
(c) They are worshipped.
(d) They quickly disappear again, for Christianity forces them out.

3. In "The Duel," though friends, Clara and Marta compete at what activity?
(a) Making themselves beautiful.
(b) Playing the piano.
(c) Painting.
(d) Memorizing poetry.

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

5. In "Blue Tigers," what are the Blue Tigers?
(a) Mysterious stones.
(b) Mythological tigers made of ice.
(c) Arguments that employ specious reasoning.
(d) Members of a religious sect.

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

7. "Brodie's Report" can best be described as which of the following?
(a) A critique of Islam.
(b) An explication of Swift's "Gulliver's Travels."
(c) An auto-biographical short story based on Borges's family.
(d) A satire on civilization.

8. In "A Dialog Between Dead Men," though dead, Quiroga is still angry at whom?
(a) Himself.
(b) His father.
(c) Simon Bolivar.
(d) The dictator Rosas.

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

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

11. In "The Maker," what physical problem is the protagonist going through?
(a) He is going deaf.
(b) He is going blind.
(c) He is losing the use of his left arm.
(d) He has jaundice.

12. In "August 25, 1983," what hotel room does Borges go to?
(a) 49.
(b) 63.
(c) 19.
(d) The room is numberless.

13. In "Parable of the Palace," why does the Emperor execute the poet?
(a) For "stealing" his palace by capturing it in a poem.
(b) His poetry is awful.
(c) His poetry is simply empty flattery of the Emperor, and the Emperor hates flatterers.
(d) His poetry reveals the poets love of the Emperor's wife.

14. What idea is the main concern of "Paradiso, XXXI, 108"?
(a) Putting forth an analysis of Dante.
(b) Experiencing and seeing God.
(c) Giving a detailed description of Heaven.
(d) The absolute misery of life.

15. In "Parable of Cervantes and Don Quixote," Cervantes can best be described as which of the following?
(a) Insane.
(b) Young and arrogant.
(c) Despondent, for he believes art is useless.
(d) Unaware of the future recognition of his fictional character, Don Quixote.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Night of the Gits," who is The Captive?

2. In "Juan Murana," what is the name the aunt uses for the knife that kills the landlord?

3. In "Brodie's Report," who are the Yahoos?

4. In "The Maker," the protagonist is what Greek writer?

5. In "Everything and Nothing," which of the following best describes Shakespeare?

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