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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Interloper," which of the following best characterizes the treatment of Julia by the two brothers?
(a) They treat her like an object.
(b) They do not even notice her presence.
(c) They are afraid of her.
(d) They are kind and doting.

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

3. In "The Ethnographer," what does Fred Murdock do with the secret he learns from the Indians?
(a) He publishes an acclaimed book about it.
(b) He refuses to write about it.
(c) He sells it to the professor.
(d) He never learns the secret.

4. In "The Plot," a gaucho's murder is similar to the murder of what famous figure?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Museum--On Exactitude in Science," how big are the maps of the Empire?

2. In "Avelino Arredondo," to what does Avelino belong?

3. In "The Yellow Rose," what does Marino FINALLY think about his poetry?

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

5. In "A Weary Man's Utopia," in what language does the narrator speak to the man from the future?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Book of Sand," what are the stages of the narrator's view toward the book?

2. In "Unworthy," why does Fischbein, a mild-mannered and bookish man, hang around a gang?

3. In "Undr," is there any suggestion that "Undr" or "wonder" really isn't the only sacred word of the Urns?

4. In "Borges and I," who are the two Borgeses, and what is the relationship between them?

5. In "A Weary Man's Utopia," is the society described by the old man really a "utopia"?

6. In "The Gospel According to Mark," why do the Gutres want to crucify Baltasar?

7. What does "The Disk" say about greed?

8. In "The Rose of Paracelsus," why doesn't Paracelsus turn the ashes of the rose into a rose for the young man?

9. In "Covered Mirrors," what is the narrator's attitude toward mirrors?

10. In "The Plot," a gaucho dies in a similar fashion to Julius Caesar. What does this suggest about history?

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