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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 9 through 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator move out by the swimming pool?
(a) His bed.
(b) His oven.
(c) His bookshelf.
(d) His couch.

2. What kind of poetry does Bioy favor?
(a) Epic poetry.
(b) Sonnets.
(c) Lyrical poetry.
(d) Limericks.

3. Which one of Bioy's stories does the writer mention in the introduction?
(a) The Misadventurers of the Girl Who Hated Icecream.
(b) The Adventure of a Photographer in La Plata.
(c) The Invention that Changed the World.
(d) Family Ties and Other Assortments.

4. Into what does the narrator say the paper he is writing is changing ?
(a) A shopping list.
(b) A will.
(c) A diary.
(d) A script.

5. Which of the following does a group of white men build on the island?
(a) A factory.
(b) A post office.
(c) A school.
(d) A museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who directs Last Year at Marienbad?

2. What kind of poetry does Borges favor?

3. What building is on the lowlands of the island?

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

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

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