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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 story where Bioy claims he finally has found his style?
(a) Asleep in the Sun.
(b) Thinking Alone.
(c) The Celestial Plot.
(d) The Idol.

2. What does the narrator say the people look like from where he is standing?
(a) Elves.
(b) Insects.
(c) Giants.
(d) Imps.

3. What kind of pirates does the Italian say never go to the island?
(a) Chinese pirates.
(b) British pirates.
(c) Japanese pirates.
(d) Vietnamese pirates.

4. Who translated the 1964 American edition of the Invention of Morel?
(a) Ruth L.C. Sims.
(b) Doreen Hopper.
(c) Jack Johnson.
(d) Davis P. D. Quip.

5. What does the Italian in Calcutta sell?
(a) Wigs.
(b) Watches.
(c) Bags.
(d) Rugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say he is bathed in after two or three minutes out of the pool?

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

3. What does the narrator say it would have been practical to build out of stones?

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

5. Borges and Casares write about the virtues of what food product?

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