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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two people are absent from the meeting?

2. Why does the narrator want to expose the machine to the world?

3. What happens to the first flowers the narrator picks?

4. About whom does the narrator dream in this section?

5. What does the man think is causing him to hallucinate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way are Casares' views and the way he lived life an important part of what happens on the novel?

Discuss whether it is right or wrong for an author's persona to become such an important part of a story.

Essay Topic 2

Why does the woman on the island have such an affect on the narrator? What do his feelings for her say about Casares' own thoughts on love?

Essay Topic 3

How does solitude affect the narrator and his mind? How do you think one could fight the problems caused by solitude in such a situation?

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