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

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

3. In "The Maker," the protagonist is what Greek writer?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Aristophanes.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Homer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Disk," what god is associated with the disk?

2. In "Shakespeare's Memory," what do Shakespeare's memories do for Hermann?

3. "Brodie's Report" can best be described as which of the following?

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

5. What idea is the main concern of "Paradiso, XXXI, 108"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Other," how does the elder Borges most successfully prove to the younger Borges that he is not dreaming their encounter?

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

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

4. In "The Ethnographer," why won't Fred Murdock reveal the secret of the Indian tribe to the professor?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Is there a contradiction to the argument in "Argumentum Ornithologicum"?

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