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

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

3. Which of the following poets wrote lyrical poems?
(a) Verlaine.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Poe.
(d) Stevenson.

4. The narrator say he knows very little about what?
(a) Motors.
(b) Books.
(c) Pumps.
(d) Paintings.

5. Which of the following is a summer resort?
(a) The Dales.
(b) Potsdam.
(c) Boxhagen.
(d) Marienbad.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What wakes the narrator from his sleep?

3. Why is it impossible to cut the trees on top of the hill?

4. What does Borges say Joyce's Ulysses is rather than a masterpiece?

5. Whose motto does the narrator say he will adopt as his own?

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