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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. What are the Spanish poets and intellectuals fleeing in the 30s?
(a) The Spanish Civil War.
(b) Franco's government.
(c) The First World War.
(d) The Communist Government.

2. What is the only tree that grows in coral sands?
(a) The coconut tree.
(b) The silver birch.
(c) The palm tree.
(d) The oak tree.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What wakes the narrator from his sleep?

2. What does the chapel look like?

3. What country does Bioy see as his second home?

4. What is the name of Eliseo Subiela's metaphysical film?

5. What room does the narrator remember with disgust?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator decide against escaping the island?

3. What does the narrator feel about the woman he sees watching the sunset?

4. Why does the narrator contemplate murder?

5. How does the narrator spy on the dinner party?

6. What does Borges say about Spanish literature?

7. How does the narrator try to get Morel away from Faustine?

8. Describe the garden the narrator creates.

9. What does the narrator want to expose in his books?

10. Why does the narrator think he could be hallucinating the people in the museum?

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