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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose motto does the narrator say he will adopt as his own?
(a) Jesus's.
(b) Peter's.
(c) Michelangelo's.
(d) Leonardo's.

2. Each god is three times larger than what?
(a) A basketball player.
(b) A steeple.
(c) A pillar.
(d) A man.

3. What does the narrator move out by the swimming pool?
(a) His bed.
(b) His oven.
(c) His bookshelf.
(d) His couch.

4. What is the name of Eliseo Subiela's metaphysical film?
(a) Doing For the Sake of It.
(b) The Grand Illusion.
(c) Man Facing Southeast.
(d) Gross Misconduct.

5. The people on the mountainside are unmindful of what kind of creature?
(a) Rats.
(b) Scorpions.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Snakes.

6. What is the name of the story the author says anticipates the Invention of Morel?
(a) The Man Who Said Ho.
(b) The Girl in the Photograph.
(c) Love Me Not.
(d) The Postcard Lovers.

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

8. Who translated the 1964 American edition of the Invention of Morel?
(a) Jack Johnson.
(b) Ruth L.C. Sims.
(c) Davis P. D. Quip.
(d) Doreen Hopper.

9. What do Casares's friends call him?.
(a) Adolfo.
(b) Boyo.
(c) Addy.
(d) Bioy.

10. What kind of poetry does Borges favor?
(a) Sonnets.
(b) Limericks.
(c) Epic poetry.
(d) Lyrical poetry.

11. What does the narrator say are on the western side of the ravine?
(a) Sunbathers.
(b) Large boulders.
(c) Skeletons.
(d) Dead fish.

12. What are the group's favorite two records?
(a) One More Cup of Coffee and Sevilla.
(b) Frogs and Viva.
(c) A Road to Nowhere and Carnage.
(d) Tea for Two and Valencia.

13. What kind of product does La Martona produce?
(a) Clothing products.
(b) Dairy products.
(c) Leather products.
(d) Coffee products.

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

15. What does the narrator say the people look like from where he is standing?
(a) Insects.
(b) Giants.
(c) Elves.
(d) Imps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following titles does the narrator say he wants to use for one of his novels?

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

3. What is the novel Casares wrote in 1934?

4. What genre did Robert Stevenson think the British reading public scorned in 1880?

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

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