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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the older Borges doing in the hotel room in August 25, 1983?
2. What are the people like in the upper floors of the skyscraper in The Falling Girl?
3. How does the author say the night had fallen in The Falling Girl?
4. Who is the author of Iguana Hunting?
5. Who wrote Death of the Right Fielder?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the girl given in The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket? Why is she excited?
2. What is the objective of the protagonist in The Laugher? When is he the happiest?
3. What event has taken place in the beginning of Death of the Right Fielder? What actions do the characters take?
4. What happens once the inflatable elephant is built in The Elephant?
5. How does On Hope end? Where is the gypsy in the end of the narrative?
6. Who is the central character in On Hope? What does his monkey bring to him?
7. Describe the structure of Welcoming the Board of Directors. How does the author use metaphor in the narrative?
8. Who is the central character in Love, Your Only Mother? What does she receive regularly in the mail?
9. What stories in the beginning of the collection focus on the theme of aging? How do these stories relate to one another?
10. How does the dentist get revenge in One of These Days? For what does he enact vengeance?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the plot, characters and narrative style of One of These Days. How does this story differ from Marquez's more well-known works? What political themes are evident in the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Compare the settings and characters of The Grass-Eaters and Preparations. Where and when in Calcutta does The Grass-Eaters take place? How does the author effectively present the squalor of India?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the stories The Blue Jar and Gregory. How do each of the authors use imagery in a different way? How does each story encapsulate time?
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