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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Welcoming the Board of Directors, The Boy, The Weather in San Francisco, Blue, The Grass-Eaters, Preparations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of The Elephant?
(a) Jorge Luis Borges.
(b) Slawomir Mrozek.
(c) Heinrich Boll.
(d) Mark Halplin.

2. What rises in the water at the end of On Hope?
(a) An angel.
(b) An octopus.
(c) A shark.
(d) A demon.

3. What is the name of the dentist in One of These Days?
(a) Aurelio Escovar.
(b) Jorge Luis Borges.
(c) Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
(d) Krishnan Varma.

4. The author of The Elephant comes from where?
(a) Czechoslavakia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Russia.
(d) Ukraine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the older Borges doing in the hotel room in August 25, 1983?

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

3. Who wrote Welcoming the Board of Directors?

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

5. What intellectual friend does the narrator visit in Homage to Isaac Babel?

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