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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the city Casares where was born?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Buenos Aires.
(c) Sao Paulo.
(d) Seoul.

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

3. The town of Bearn is in what country?
(a) France.
(b) Belguim.
(c) Spain.
(d) Ireland.

4. Which of the following words does the author use to describe Bioy's personality?
(a) Happy-go-lucky.
(b) Devious.
(c) Shy.
(d) Loopy.

5. The essayist say Casares's novels are rich in what?
(a) Provoking images.
(b) Bizarre character sketches.
(c) Reasoned imagination.
(d) Surreal imagination.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the writer with whom Casares developed a close friendship?

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

3. Who once called calls Bioy the secret master?

4. What writer does Borges claim has superior plots?

5. What is the name of the story the author says anticipates the Invention of Morel?

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