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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 25 through 43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What genre did Robert Stevenson think the British reading public scorned in 1880?
(a) The science fiction novel.
(b) The crime novel.
(c) The adventure novel.
(d) The sport novel.

2. The author awakens to the sound of what?
(a) A gospel choir.
(b) Birds singing.
(c) The radio.
(d) A phonograph record.

3. What is the name of the novel Bioy writes after the Invention of Morel?
(a) It Happens When We Are Alone.
(b) Funny Bones.
(c) A Little Matter.
(d) A Plan for Escape.

4. Into what does the narrator say the paper he is writing is changing ?
(a) A will.
(b) A diary.
(c) A script.
(d) A shopping list.

5. What room does the narrator remember with disgust?
(a) The box room.
(b) The circular room.
(c) The square room.
(d) The triangle room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Casares is from what country?

2. What are the group's favorite two records?

3. In which room does the narrator say he made discoveries on two separate occasions?

4. What is the only tree that grows in coral sands?

5. What kind of novel does Borges say is formless?

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