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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 creatures can one find in the swimming pool?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Hippos.
(c) Scorpions.
(d) Toads.

2. What does the narrator move out by the swimming pool?
(a) His oven.
(b) His bookshelf.
(c) His couch.
(d) His bed.

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

4. Which French novelist does Borges reference in the prologue?
(a) Andre Gide.
(b) Marcel Proust.
(c) Jean Paul Sartre.
(d) Albert Camus.

5. The town of Bearn is in what country?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Belguim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the writer with whom Casares developed a close friendship?

2. What kind of poetry does Bioy favor?

3. Why does the narrator think some people like to wear old clothes?

4. What did the narrator find dead in the circular room?

5. The narrator makes his bed out of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the layout of the island?

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

3. Why does the narrator decide against suicide?

4. How does the narrator describe the woman he sees watching the sunset?

5. How does the narrator escape the museum?

6. What does the narrator theorize about Morel?

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

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

9. Why does Morel decide that Haynes does not have to attend the meeting?

10. Why does the narrator think the roots he has been eating have caused him to hallucinate?

(see the answer keys)

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