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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What country does Bioy see as his second home?
(a) Germany
(b) France.
(c) Mexico.
(d) England.
2. What genre did Robert Stevenson think the British reading public scorned in 1880?
(a) The science fiction novel.
(b) The sport novel.
(c) The adventure novel.
(d) The crime novel.
3. What kind of novel does Borges say is formless?
(a) A psychological novel.
(b) A crime novel.
(c) A magical realist novel.
(d) A social novel.
4. Casares is from what country?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Chile.
(d) Spain.
5. What is the name of the magazine where Bioy started his career?
(a) Tomkins.
(b) Sur.
(c) Latin Maker.
(d) Gordo.
6. What does the beautiful woman wear over her dark curls?
(a) A bright scarf.
(b) A cowboy hat.
(c) A map.
(d) A plastic bag.
7. What does the author say he is bathed in after two or three minutes out of the pool?
(a) Urine.
(b) Love.
(c) Water.
(d) Sweat.
8. The narrator says the men violate the sanctity of what?
(a) Corn fields and orchards.
(b) Family and Religion.
(c) Churches and cemeteries.
(d) Forests and deserts.
9. What does the woman's bosom make her look like?
(a) A witch.
(b) A peasant girl.
(c) A gypsy girl.
(d) A fortune teller.
10. The town of Bearn is in what country?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Belguim.
(d) Ireland.
11. Into what does the narrator say the paper he is writing is changing ?
(a) A script.
(b) A shopping list.
(c) A will.
(d) A diary.
12. What does the author say came ahead of time?
(a) Summer.
(b) The Velvet Underground.
(c) The Beatles.
(d) Winter.
13. The narrator say he knows very little about what?
(a) Motors.
(b) Pumps.
(c) Books.
(d) Paintings.
14. Borges and Casares write about the virtues of what food product?
(a) Yoghurt.
(b) Butter.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Quark.
15. What does the narrator claims stops one from running away in dreams?
(a) The screams of loved ones.
(b) A brick wall.
(c) A heavy weight.
(d) Dragons.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following is a summer resort?
2. Each god is three times larger than what?
3. What is the name of the Mexican poet referenced in the introduction?
4. The narrator makes his bed out of what?
5. Which of the following does a group of white men build on the island?
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