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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 does Faustine tell Morel she thinks he is?
(a) Mysterious.
(b) Loving.
(c) A genius.
(d) Evil.

2. What is the title of the essay Jose Ortega y Gasset wrote in 1925?
(a) The Human Factor.
(b) The Dehumanization of Art.
(c) The Rhythm of the Artist.
(d) The Interest in Fantastic Fiction.

3. What is the name of the story where Bioy claims he finally has found his style?
(a) Thinking Alone.
(b) Asleep in the Sun.
(c) The Celestial Plot.
(d) The Idol.

4. In which room does the narrator say he made discoveries on two separate occasions?
(a) The loft.
(b) The library.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The basement.

5. How does the narrator recognize the poisonous plants?
(a) Froma book he finds in the museum.
(b) From the number of corpses that surround the bush.
(c) From the color of the berries.
(d) Through pain he has suffered form eating them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Edgar Allan Poe story does the writer reference in the introduction?

2. Who translated the 1964 American edition of the Invention of Morel?

3. What torments the author in the southern part of the island?

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

5. What does the Italian in Calcutta sell?

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