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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 author say he is bathed in after two or three minutes out of the pool?
(a) Sweat.
(b) Love.
(c) Urine.
(d) Water.

2. What does Borges say Joyce's Ulysses is rather than a masterpiece?
(a) A failure.
(b) A promise.
(c) A beginning.
(d) An end.

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

4. Borges and Casares write about the virtues of what food product?
(a) Butter.
(b) Yoghurt.
(c) Quark.
(d) Cheese.

5. Which of the following creatures can one find in the swimming pool?
(a) Hippos.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Scorpions.
(d) Toads.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following poets wrote epic poetry?

2. The people on the mountainside are unmindful of what kind of creature?

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

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

5. What is the name of the writer with whom Casares developed a close friendship?

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