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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say it would have been practical to build out of stones?
(a) A toilet.
(b) A house.
(c) An outdoor oven.
(d) A barricade.

3. Borges and Casares write about the virtues of what food product?
(a) Quark.
(b) Yoghurt.
(c) Butter.
(d) Cheese.

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

5. Into what does the narrator say the paper he is writing is changing ?
(a) A script.
(b) A will.
(c) A shopping list.
(d) A diary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the novel Bioy writes after the Invention of Morel?

2. What does the beautiful woman wear over her dark curls?

3. The narrator say he knows very little about what?

4. What can the narrator see from the marshlands?

5. What is the name of the Italian rug merchant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator begin to fear about what he calls the invaders?

2. What does the narrator think of Morel's speech?

3. What does the rug seller tell the narrator about the island?

4. What does Borges say about Spanish literature?

5. Describe Casares' upbringing.

6. Why does the narrator become upset with Faustine?

7. Why does the narrator have to escape to the island?

8. What causes Morel to storm out of the room?

9. How does the narrator describe the museum?

10. How does the narrator initially try to escape from the basement?

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