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

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

3. In "The Other," who does a 70-year-old Borges converse with?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Virgil.
(c) His immortal soul.
(d) An 18year-old version of himself.

4. In "A Weary Man's Utopia," in what language does the narrator speak to the man from the future?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Latin.
(c) Russian.
(d) English.

5. In "Brodie's Report," who are the Yahoos?
(a) A society of scholars who study Swift..
(b) Borges's pet name for his extended family.
(c) People who are overly enthusiastic.
(d) A type of wild man living in the forset among the ape men.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is "There are More Things" dedicated?

2. In "Guayaquil," what do the narrator and Professor Zimmerman compete for?

3. In "The Interloper," which of the following best characterizes the treatment of Julia by the two brothers?

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

5. In "A Dialogue About a Dialogue," what interrupts the dialogue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Name some of the customs and beliefs of the strange group in "The Sect of Thirty."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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