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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 wrote The Grass-Eaters?
(a) David Brooks.
(b) Richard Brautigan.
(c) Krishnan Varma.
(d) Kenneth Bernard.

2. Who is the author of One of These Days?
(a) Krishnan Varma.
(b) Joyce Carol Oates.
(c) Jorge Luis Borges.
(d) Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

3. Who is the author of The Falling Girl?
(a) Dino Buzzati.
(b) Anne Beattie.
(c) Leslie Norris.
(d) Stuart Dybek.

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

5. When do they bury the player in Death of the Right Fielder?
(a) Sunset.
(b) Noon.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) 7 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the age difference of the men in the hotel room in August 25, 1983?

3. Who makes an effort of reading Isaac Babel's short stories, though she does not understand them in Homage to Isaac Babel?

4. Who is the author of On Hope?

5. Who is the author of The Laugher?

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