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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the chapel look like?

3. What is the name of the island?

4. What does the narrator say is elegantly carpeted?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what condition does Jane attend the meeting?

2. How does the narrator describe the museum?

3. Describe the garden the narrator creates.

4. Why does the narrator have to escape to the island?

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

6. How does the narrator escape the basement?

7. What is the narrator's final plea before he dies?

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

9. What is happening in the museum when the narrator enters to find food?

10. What does Gasset say about adventure stories?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Morel's machine work? Does the machine have any links with real life technology? What could Morel's machine be used to do in contemporary society?

Essay Topic 2

How does the narrator work out that the people he is seeing are images? Why does the fact that Faustine is an image not change the narrator's thoughts towards her?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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