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

2. What is the name of the Japanese cruiser that finds the dead crew of a ship?
(a) Cornea.
(b) Oshkido.
(c) Namura.
(d) Samurai.

3. What are the group's favorite two records?
(a) Frogs and Viva.
(b) Tea for Two and Valencia.
(c) A Road to Nowhere and Carnage.
(d) One More Cup of Coffee and Sevilla.

4. What kind of novel does Borges say is formless?
(a) A social novel.
(b) A crime novel.
(c) A magical realist novel.
(d) A psychological novel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Italian say the Rockefeller Institute never visit the island?

2. Into what does the narrator say the paper he is writing is changing ?

3. What do Casares's friends call him?.

4. Into what language is the invention of Morel translated in 1953?

5. What writer does Borges claim has superior plots?

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