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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 essayist say Casares's novels are rich in what?
(a) Bizarre character sketches.
(b) Reasoned imagination.
(c) Surreal imagination.
(d) Provoking images.

2. What is the only tree that grows in coral sands?
(a) The coconut tree.
(b) The palm tree.
(c) The silver birch.
(d) The oak tree.

3. What country does Bioy see as his second home?
(a) Mexico.
(b) France.
(c) Germany
(d) England.

4. Which of the following poets wrote epic poetry?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Chesterton.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Verlaine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman's bosom make her look like?

2. What is the name of Eliseo Subiela's metaphysical film?

3. Which French novelist does Borges reference in the prologue?

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

5. Who translated the 1964 American edition of the Invention of Morel?

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