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

2. Whose motto does the narrator say he will adopt as his own?
(a) Michelangelo's.
(b) Peter's.
(c) Leonardo's.
(d) Jesus's.

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

4. What are the group's favorite two records?
(a) A Road to Nowhere and Carnage.
(b) Tea for Two and Valencia.
(c) Frogs and Viva.
(d) One More Cup of Coffee and Sevilla.

5. What is the name of Eliseo Subiela's metaphysical film?
(a) Gross Misconduct.
(b) The Grand Illusion.
(c) Doing For the Sake of It.
(d) Man Facing Southeast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the story the author says anticipates the Invention of Morel?

2. What writer does Borges claim has superior plots?

3. What genre did Robert Stevenson think the British reading public scorned in 1880?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the garden the narrator creates.

5. What is the main theme of many of Casares' works?

6. What kind of machine does the narrator say he wants to develop?

7. Why does the narrator decide against suicide?

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

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

10. What does the narrator say happens when he sighs in the basement?

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