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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 62 through 78.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Morel compares his invention to what?
(a) The telegram, the wireless and the television.
(b) The radio, the phonograph and the television.
(c) The beer, the stamp and the computer.
(d) The telephone, the DVD player and the cinema.

2. What are the group's favorite two records?
(a) Frogs and Viva.
(b) One More Cup of Coffee and Sevilla.
(c) Tea for Two and Valencia.
(d) A Road to Nowhere and Carnage.

3. Why does the narrator think some people like to wear old clothes?
(a) They are easier to obtain.
(b) As a statement against the present.
(c) They are cheaper.
(d) To capture the magic of the past.

4. Which of the following is a summer resort?
(a) Boxhagen.
(b) The Dales.
(c) Marienbad.
(d) Potsdam.

5. What does the narrator move out by the swimming pool?
(a) His couch.
(b) His bed.
(c) His oven.
(d) His bookshelf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man seeking at the beginning of this section?

2. Which French novelist does Borges reference in the prologue?

3. Why does the narrator decide against killing himself?

4. Why does the narrator think the people he sees are a group of eccentrics?

5. What does Morel tell those gathered that he has done without their permission?

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