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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August 25, 1983, The Elephant, Homage to Isaac Babel, One of These Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the lecture the older Borges discusses in August 25, 1983?
(a) Plato.
(b) The Aeneid.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Aristotle.

2. Where do they bury the player in Death of the Right Fielder?
(a) Next to the field.
(b) In a cemetery.
(c) In his backyard.
(d) On the field.

3. Who is the author of Don't You Blame Anyone?
(a) Julio Cortazar.
(b) Spencer Holst.
(c) Margaret Atwood.
(d) Jorge Luis Borges.

4. What does the author compare the setting sun to in The Falling Girl?
(a) A potato.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A mushroom.
(d) A halo.

5. The teammates in Death of the Right Fielder suspect the player either tripped or what?
(a) Choked to death.
(b) Was stabbed.
(c) Was shot.
(d) Had a heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the author of The Falling Girl from?

2. When do they bury the player in Death of the Right Fielder?

3. From whom did the monkey in On Hope steal?

4. Where is the university student in La Volpaia departing by train?

5. Who is the author of An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?

(see the answer key)

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