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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) G.K. Chesterton.
(c) Fydor Dostoevsky.
(d) Patrica Highsmith.

2. Why does the narrator think the two men he sees are ghosts?
(a) They don't react to him.
(b) They walk through him.
(c) He can see through them.
(d) They can't pick things up.

3. What is the title of the essay Jose Ortega y Gasset wrote in 1925?
(a) The Interest in Fantastic Fiction.
(b) The Dehumanization of Art.
(c) The Human Factor.
(d) The Rhythm of the Artist.

4. Why does the narrator decide he must build a shelter?
(a) To attract attention.
(b) To keep him warm during the winter.
(c) To shelter him from storms.
(d) To hide from the people.

5. The narrator say he knows very little about what?
(a) Motors.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Pumps.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose footsteps drive the narrator away?

2. What kind of novel does Borges say is formless?

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

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

5. Which of the following words does the narrator use to describe the rooms of the museum?

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