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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "August 25, 1983," what is the young Borges told?
(a) He has committed blasphemy.
(b) He will write his great book.
(c) The time of his death.
(d) He has never been a writer.

2. In "Undr," what does Ulf do to avoid execution?
(a) Becomes the king's court jester.
(b) Creates a map of some unknown territory.
(c) Compses a poem in praise of the king.
(d) Volunteers to join the army.

3. In "The Disk," what god is associated with the disk?
(a) Isis.
(b) Odin.
(c) Thor.
(d) Vishnu.

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

5. In "Delia Elena San Marco," what does the narrator wonder after the death of his beloved?
(a) Whether he can speak to her soul again.
(b) If she secretly despised him.
(c) If her death was more painful than she let on.
(d) Why he ever loved her in the first place.

6. In "The Night of the Gits," who is The Captive?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A war prisoner.
(c) An innocent boy.
(d) A man entranced by literature.

7. In "The Bribe," what does Dr. Winthrop have to do?
(a) Prove Shakespeare was not the sole author of his plays.
(b) Kidnap Herbert Locke.
(c) Publish an article on Keats.
(d) Decide who will chair an academic conference.

8. In "The Maker," what physical problem is the protagonist going through?
(a) He is losing the use of his left arm.
(b) He is going deaf.
(c) He has jaundice.
(d) He is going blind.

9. In "The Congress," why does the Congress fall apart?
(a) It is disbanded by some Socialists.
(b) All its members mysteriously fall ill.
(c) Its founder goes bankrupt.
(d) Internal political battles ruin it.

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

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

12. What is the event in "The Elderly Lady"?
(a) Her 90th birthday.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Her 100th birthday.
(d) The Day of the Dead.

13. In "In Memoriam, JFK," JFK's assassination is similar to what event?
(a) An assassination that occurs in a mirror in a labyrinth.
(b) The details of an O'Henry short story.
(c) The exact same event on an alternate planet.
(d) The murder of the President of Uruguay in 1897.

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

15. In "The Sect of Thirty," the sect worships which Biblical figure?
(a) Judas.
(b) Cain.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Ahab.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator hypothesize is the cause of the fight in "The Encounter"?

3. In "The Interloper," which of the following best characterizes the treatment of Julia by the two brothers?

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

5. In "Ulrikke," what happens between the narrator and Ulrikke?

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