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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Mexican poet referenced in the introduction?
(a) Pita Amor.
(b) Manuel Carpio.
(c) Gabriella Brimmer.
(d) Octavio Paz.

2. What is the name of Eliseo Subiela's metaphysical film?
(a) Gross Misconduct.
(b) The Grand Illusion.
(c) Doing For the Sake of It.
(d) Man Facing Southeast.

3. Casares is from what country?
(a) Spain.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Chile.
(d) Brazil.

4. What is the novel Casares wrote in 1934?
(a) Beat It.
(b) The New Storm.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Jack.

5. Why does the narrator decide he must build a shelter?
(a) To shelter him from storms.
(b) To hide from the people.
(c) To keep him warm during the winter.
(d) To attract attention.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of product does La Martona produce?

2. The narrator says the men violate the sanctity of what?

3. What country does Bioy see as his second home?

4. What kind of poetry does Borges favor?

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

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