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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 is the novel Casares wrote in 1934?
(a) Beat It.
(b) Jack.
(c) The New Storm.
(d) Chaos.

2. What room does the narrator remember with disgust?
(a) The square room.
(b) The circular room.
(c) The triangle room.
(d) The box room.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of Bioy's stories does the writer mention in the introduction?

2. The essayist say Casares's novels are rich in what?

3. What kind of poetry does Borges favor?

4. What can the narrator see from the marshlands?

5. What is the name of the city Casares where was born?

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