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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 "Dreamtigers," the protagonist can see only little tigers, what kind does he want to see?
(a) Tigers with mirrors around their necks.
(b) Supernatural tigers.
(c) He doesn't want to see any tigers.
(d) The Siberian tiger.

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

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

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

5. In "The Gospel According to Mark," what does Baltasar do with the Gutres' English Bible?
(a) Translates it into Spanish.
(b) Hides it from them.
(c) Uses it to prove the Bible's many historical errors.
(d) Steals it and sells it.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "Inferno, I, 32," what does God tell Dante in a dream?

4. In "The Rose of Paracelsus," what does the young man want Paracelsus to do?

5. In "A Prayer," what is the narrator's attitude toward his prayer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does "Shakespeare's Memory" say about creating art?

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

4. In "Everything and Nothing," who ultimately tells Shakespeare he is like him, and why does he say this?

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

6. In "The Interloper," do the Nelson brothers have any redeeming qualities?

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

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

9. In "The Yellow Rose," what is Marino's epiphany?

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

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