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

2. The narrator makes his bed out of what?
(a) Moss and leaves.
(b) Feathers and branches.
(c) Tree trunks and seaweed.
(d) Branches and leaves.

3. Where does the narrator say he is afraid to return?
(a) The museum.
(b) The supermarket.
(c) The mansion.
(d) The church.

4. The narrator says the men violate the sanctity of what?
(a) Family and Religion.
(b) Churches and cemeteries.
(c) Forests and deserts.
(d) Corn fields and orchards.

5. What does the narrator think he needs to do to come back alive?
(a) Leave the island.
(b) Eliminate the others.
(c) Fall in love.
(d) Kill himself again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator find dead in the circular room?

2. What are the group's favorite two records?

3. What does the narrator say is elegantly carpeted?

4. Why does the narrator think the two men he sees are ghosts?

5. What kind of poetry does Bioy favor?

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