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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 79 through 103.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About whom does the narrator dream in this section?
(a) Morel.
(b) His sister.
(c) Faustine.
(d) The rug seller.

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

3. Why is the narrator certain that people have come back to the island?
(a) Disease is everywhere.
(b) There is a terrible storm.
(c) There is nothing to drink or eat.
(d) Taxes are high.

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

5. What does Borges say Joyce's Ulysses is rather than a masterpiece?
(a) A promise.
(b) A failure.
(c) A beginning.
(d) An end.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morel say he wants to happen before he begins?

2. Which of the following does a group of white men build on the island?

3. What problem does the narrator have with the room where he sleeps that night?

4. The town of Bearn is in what country?

5. What is unusual about the celestial condition?

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