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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the gypsy in On Hope train monkeys to do?
(a) Dance and smoke.
(b) Play the piano.
(c) Steal for him.
(d) Hunt for food.

2. Who wrote the story Gregory?
(a) Doris Lessing.
(b) Isak Dinesen.
(c) Panos Ioannides.
(d) Hernan Lara Zavala.

3. Who is the author of The Blue Jar?
(a) Doris Lessing.
(b) Hernan Lara Zavala.
(c) Panos Ioannides.
(d) Isak Dinesen.

4. Who saves the English lord's daughter in The Blue Jar?
(a) A hunter.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) A sailor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man the central female character falls in love with after the death of her husband in Happy Endings?

2. In what voice and tense is Welcoming the Board of Directors written?

3. Who is the author of Blue?

4. As Marta falls in The Falling Girl, the people get gradually more and more what as she nears the ground?

5. What is the name of the English lord's daughter in The Blue Jar?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the gypsy try getting rid of the stolen item in On Hope? How is he thwarted in his attempts?

2. What is the girl given in The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket? Why is she excited?

3. What is the objective of the protagonist in The Laugher? When is he the happiest?

4. Describe the structure of Welcoming the Board of Directors. How does the author use metaphor in the narrative?

5. How does On Hope end? Where is the gypsy in the end of the narrative?

6. What is the central conflict facing the family in An Insolvable Problem of Genetics? How do they go about remedying it?

7. How does the dentist get revenge in One of These Days? For what does he enact vengeance?

8. Discuss and describe the imagery in the story Blackberries. How does this imagery support the narrative's themes?

9. Who is the central character in House Opposite? What decision does he make in the narrative?

10. Describe the themes and political motif in One of These Days. What other story in the collection shares similar themes?

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