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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In which room does the narrator say he made discoveries on two separate occasions?
(a) The library.
(b) The loft.
(c) The basement.
(d) The dining room.

3. What writer does Borges claim has superior plots?
(a) G.K. Chesterton.
(b) Graham Greene.
(c) Fydor Dostoevsky.
(d) Patrica Highsmith.

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

5. Into what language is the invention of Morel translated in 1953?
(a) Italian.
(b) English.
(c) German.
(d) French.

6. What is the name of the writer with whom Casares developed a close friendship?
(a) Garbriel Marcia Marquez.
(b) Peter Robinson.
(c) Jorge Luis Borges.
(d) Henry James.

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. What does the chapel look like?
(a) A pancake.
(b) A turtle.
(c) A long box.
(d) A hat box.

9. Which one of Bioy's stories does the writer mention in the introduction?
(a) The Misadventurers of the Girl Who Hated Icecream.
(b) The Invention that Changed the World.
(c) Family Ties and Other Assortments.
(d) The Adventure of a Photographer in La Plata.

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

11. What does the author say came ahead of time?
(a) The Velvet Underground.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

12. Why does the narrator think some people like to wear old clothes?
(a) They are easier to obtain.
(b) They are cheaper.
(c) To capture the magic of the past.
(d) As a statement against the present.

13. What kind of pirates does the Italian say never go to the island?
(a) Vietnamese pirates.
(b) British pirates.
(c) Japanese pirates.
(d) Chinese pirates.

14. What can the narrator see from the marshlands?
(a) The church.
(b) The top of a hill.
(c) The town hall.
(d) The mountainside.

15. Which of the following poets wrote lyrical poems?
(a) Poe.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Stevenson.
(d) Verlaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What large collection does the museum have in one room?

2. What room does the narrator remember with disgust?

3. What is the name of the Mexican poet referenced in the introduction?

4. What do Casares's friends call him?.

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

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