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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Museum--On Exactitude in Science," how big are the maps of the Empire?
(a) The size of stamps.
(b) As big as the Empire.
(c) They can only be seen with microscopes.
(d) The size of regular maps.

2. To whom is "There are More Things" dedicated?
(a) H.P. Lovecraft.
(b) Ovid.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

3. In "Avelino Arredondo," to what does Avelino belong?
(a) A shadowy cabal.
(b) The Calvinists.
(c) The White Party.
(d) The Red party.

4. In "The Duel," though friends, Clara and Marta compete at what activity?
(a) Making themselves beautiful.
(b) Painting.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Memorizing poetry.

5. In "Pedro Salvadores," Pedro belongs to which party?
(a) The Nazi party.
(b) The Aristotlean Thinkers.
(c) The Whigs.
(d) The Unitarian party.

6. In "Avelino Arredondo," whom does Avelino murder?
(a) The Uruguayan President, Juan Borda.
(b) A heretic.
(c) A rival in love.
(d) His wife.

7. In "Brodie's Report," who are the Yahoos?
(a) A type of wild man living in the forset among the ape men.
(b) Borges's pet name for his extended family.
(c) A society of scholars who study Swift..
(d) People who are overly enthusiastic.

8. In "A Weary Man's Utopia," how old is the man from the future?
(a) 35.
(b) 100.
(c) 400.
(d) 3, with scientific advances, humans reach maturity extremely early.

9. In "A Weary Man's Utopia," in what language does the narrator speak to the man from the future?
(a) Russian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Latin.
(d) English.

10. In "Borges and I," who are the two characters?
(a) Borges and an unknown narrator.
(b) Borges and his character John Vincent Moon.
(c) Borges the writer, and the personal Borges.
(d) Borges and Edgar Allan Poe.

11. In "Juan Murana," what is the name the aunt uses for the knife that kills the landlord?
(a) Juan.
(b) El Tiburon.
(c) The Sting.
(d) Gold Death.

12. Which of the following best describes the theme of "Mutations"?
(a) Writing will become superfluous because people will communicate telepathically.
(b) Mankind will change into something radically different because of scientific experiments.
(c) Objects used for death often become symbols for different things.
(d) The connotations of words are extremely hard to alter.

13. In "The Maker," the protagonist is what Greek writer?
(a) Aristophanes.
(b) Homer.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Sophocles.

14. In "Parable of the Palace," why does the Emperor execute the poet?
(a) His poetry is awful.
(b) For "stealing" his palace by capturing it in a poem.
(c) His poetry reveals the poets love of the Emperor's wife.
(d) His poetry is simply empty flattery of the Emperor, and the Emperor hates flatterers.

15. In "There are More Things," who seems to inhabit the narrator's deceased uncle's house?
(a) The narrator's double.
(b) The ghost of his uncle.
(c) A society of atheists.
(d) Aliens.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Undr," what does the sacred word of the Urns mean?

2. What is the event in "The Elderly Lady"?

3. In "Unworthy," what does the rest of the gang call Fischbein?

4. In "Undr," though the people are barbarous, they claim to be what?

5. In "Dreamtigers," the protagonist can see only little tigers, what kind does he want to see?

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