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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) England.
(c) France.
(d) Mexico.

2. What does the narrator say is elegantly carpeted?
(a) The principal staircase.
(b) The master bedroom.
(c) The hallway.
(d) The library.

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

4. What is the name of the story where Bioy claims he finally has found his style?
(a) Asleep in the Sun.
(b) The Celestial Plot.
(c) Thinking Alone.
(d) The Idol.

5. Who once called calls Bioy the secret master?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Marquez.
(c) Borges.
(d) Greene.

6. Which of the following words does the author use to describe the building on the hill?
(a) Square.
(b) Angular.
(c) Rotund.
(d) Tubular.

7. The author awakens to the sound of what?
(a) The radio.
(b) A phonograph record.
(c) Birds singing.
(d) A gospel choir.

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

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

10. What is the name of the novel Bioy writes after the Invention of Morel?
(a) It Happens When We Are Alone.
(b) A Plan for Escape.
(c) A Little Matter.
(d) Funny Bones.

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

12. Why does the narrator think the people he sees are a group of eccentrics?
(a) They are wearing warm clothes.
(b) They are wearing clothes from another era.
(c) They are dancing around a fire.
(d) They are running around naked.

13. What did the narrator find dead in the circular room?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Birds.
(c) Fish.
(d) Babies.

14. What is the name of the city Casares where was born?
(a) Seoul.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Sao Paulo.
(d) Buenos Aires.

15. What is the name of the island?
(a) Hollings.
(b) Henderson.
(c) Villings.
(d) Paulo.

Short Answer Questions

1. The town of Bearn is in what country?

2. What is the name of the story the author says anticipates the Invention of Morel?

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

4. Borges and Casares write about the virtues of what food product?

5. In which room does the narrator say he made discoveries on two separate occasions?

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