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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In "Pedro Salvadores," Pedro belongs to which party?
(a) The Whigs.
(b) The Unitarian party.
(c) The Nazi party.
(d) The Aristotlean Thinkers.

4. What does the narrator hypothesize is the cause of the fight in "The Encounter"?
(a) They thought the knives were plastic and they were performing a scene from a play.
(b) The knives themselves were behind the fight.
(c) The two man had hated each other for life.
(d) Uriarte suspected Duncan of having an affair with his wife.

5. 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 she secretly despised him.
(c) Whether he can speak to her soul again.
(d) If her death was more painful than she let on.

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

7. To whom is "There are More Things" dedicated?
(a) H.P. Lovecraft.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Ovid.

8. In "Legend," what does Abel do to Cain?
(a) He never sees him, as Cain is in Hell.
(b) He forgives him.
(c) He flees from his presence.
(d) He murders Cain.

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

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

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

12. In "The Maker," what does the father give the protagonist when he is a boy?
(a) A knife.
(b) A shield.
(c) An emerald.
(d) A book of poetry.

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

14. In "The Yellow Rose," what does Marino FINALLY think about his poetry?
(a) His poetry is adequate, but not great, and he should become a lawyer.
(b) His poetry can never reflect the reality of the rose.
(c) He has written the greatest poem on roses ever to exist.
(d) His poetry is greater than the actual world.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Bribe," what does Professor Einarrson write?

3. In "Borges and I," who are the two characters?

4. In "Undr," though the people are barbarous, they claim to be what?

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

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