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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 44 through 62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can the narrator see from the marshlands?
(a) The church.
(b) The top of a hill.
(c) The town hall.
(d) The mountainside.

2. What is the name of the Japanese cruiser that finds the dead crew of a ship?
(a) Namura.
(b) Samurai.
(c) Oshkido.
(d) Cornea.

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

4. Which of the following words does the author use to describe the building on the hill?
(a) Square.
(b) Tubular.
(c) Angular.
(d) Rotund.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator thinks the people could be from where?

3. What concept does the narrator say he finds delightful?

4. What kind of poetry does Borges favor?

5. About whom does the narrator dream in this section?

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