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

2. What is the name of the story the author says anticipates the Invention of Morel?
(a) The Girl in the Photograph.
(b) The Man Who Said Ho.
(c) Love Me Not.
(d) The Postcard Lovers.

3. What large collection does the museum have in one room?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Pewter.
(c) Stamps.
(d) Books.

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

5. What does the woman's bosom make her look like?
(a) A witch.
(b) A peasant girl.
(c) A fortune teller.
(d) A gypsy girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following poets wrote lyrical poems?

2. What room measures forty feet by fifty feet?

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

4. What does the narrator claims stops one from running away in dreams?

5. Which of the following is a summer resort?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator escape the basement?

3. Why is the narrator cautious about meeting the real Faustine?

4. What does Morel say is different about the photograph he has taken of those present?

5. Why does the narrator contemplate murder?

6. How does the narrator escape the museum?

7. Why does the narrator think the meeting could be a ruse?

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

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

10. For what reasons does Borges say he likes adventure stories?

(see the answer keys)

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