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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. As Marta falls in The Falling Girl, the people get gradually more and more what as she nears the ground?
(a) Old.
(b) Young.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Beautiful.

2. Who does Catherine hope will come to her birthday party in the end of Homage to Isaac Babel?
(a) Mark.
(b) Jack.
(c) Philip.
(d) Jason.

3. The author of Love, Your Only Mother hails from where?
(a) Canada.
(b) Israel.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) United States.

4. Who wrote Homage to Isaac Babel?
(a) Jorge Luis Borges.
(b) Doris Lessing.
(c) Slawomir Mrozek.
(d) Joyce Carol Oates.

5. Who is the author of House Opposite?
(a) Josef Skvorecky.
(b) Yasunari Kawabata.
(c) Mark Helprin.
(d) R.K. Narayan

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket?

2. Who is the author of The Laugher?

3. What does the zoo director in The Elephant decide to get as a cheaper alternative to a live elephant?

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

5. The author of The Elephant comes from where?

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