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

2. What writer does Borges claim has superior plots?
(a) Graham Greene.
(b) Patrica Highsmith.
(c) G.K. Chesterton.
(d) Fydor Dostoevsky.

3. What kind of pirates does the Italian say never go to the island?
(a) Chinese pirates.
(b) British pirates.
(c) Vietnamese pirates.
(d) Japanese pirates.

4. The author awakens to the sound of what?
(a) The radio.
(b) A phonograph record.
(c) A gospel choir.
(d) Birds singing.

5. Which French novelist does Borges reference in the prologue?
(a) Marcel Proust.
(b) Albert Camus.
(c) Andre Gide.
(d) Jean Paul Sartre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following poets wrote lyrical poems?

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

3. What does the author say he is bathed in after two or three minutes out of the pool?

4. Which of the following is a summer resort?

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

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