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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author awakens to the sound of what?
(a) A phonograph record.
(b) A gospel choir.
(c) The radio.
(d) Birds singing.

2. Which French novelist does Borges reference in the prologue?
(a) Jean Paul Sartre.
(b) Albert Camus.
(c) Andre Gide.
(d) Marcel Proust.

3. Which Edgar Allan Poe story does the writer reference in the introduction?
(a) The Pit and the Pendulum.
(b) Black Cat.
(c) The Raven.
(d) The House of Usher.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What genre did Robert Stevenson think the British reading public scorned in 1880?

3. Why does the narrator think some people like to wear old clothes?

4. What can the narrator see from the marshlands?

5. Why does the narrator say he decided to go to the island despite of its dangers?

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