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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. Why does the narrator want to expose the machine to the world?
(a) So he can become rich.
(b) So he can become famous.
(c) So he can win Faustine.
(d) So his pursuers will excuse him from his crimes.

2. What writer does Borges claim has superior plots?
(a) Patrica Highsmith.
(b) G.K. Chesterton.
(c) Graham Greene.
(d) Fydor Dostoevsky.

3. What does the narrator say it would have been practical to build out of stones?
(a) An outdoor oven.
(b) A house.
(c) A barricade.
(d) A toilet.

4. What is the name of the man who joins the woman on the beach?
(a) Morel.
(b) Jose.
(c) Lucia.
(d) James.

5. What do Casares's friends call him?.
(a) Adolfo.
(b) Boyo.
(c) Bioy.
(d) Addy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose photograph does Morel say he can show them?

3. What will a dial on the machine allow those present to feel?

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

5. What language do the man and woman speak to each other?

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