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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. Why does the Italian say the Rockefeller Institute never visit the island?
(a) There is a war raging in its center.
(b) It is the focal point of a mysterious disease.
(c) It is sacred ground.
(d) The inhabitants are cannibals.

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

3. What does the narrator claims stops one from running away in dreams?
(a) A heavy weight.
(b) Dragons.
(c) The screams of loved ones.
(d) A brick wall.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a summer resort?

2. What kind of poetry does Borges favor?

3. The narrator says the men violate the sanctity of what?

4. What is the title of the essay Jose Ortega y Gasset wrote in 1925?

5. The narrator makes his bed out of what?

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