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

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

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

4. What is the name of the magazine where Bioy started his career?
(a) Sur.
(b) Latin Maker.
(c) Gordo.
(d) Tomkins.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of pirates does the Italian say never go to the island?

3. Which of the following is a summer resort?

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

5. What writer does Borges claim has superior plots?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Casares' upbringing.

4. How does the narrator escape the museum?

5. How is The Invention of Morel different from Casares' early novels?

6. What is Casares' relationship with Borges?

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

8. How did Casares' mother influence his storytelling style?

9. What discoveries does the narrator make in the basement?

10. Describe the layout of the island?

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