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

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

3. In "The Interloper," which of the following best characterizes the treatment of Julia by the two brothers?
(a) They are kind and doting.
(b) They treat her like an object.
(c) They are afraid of her.
(d) They do not even notice her presence.

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

5. In "Argumentum Ornitholicum," if the number of birds is indefinite, what is implied?
(a) Math has no use.
(b) God does not exist.
(c) God exists.
(d) The end of the world is at hand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Guayaquil," what do the narrator and Professor Zimmerman compete for?

3. In "The Book of Sand," what does the narrator do with the book at the end?

4. In "Borges and I," who are the two characters?

5. "Brodie's Report" can best be described as which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Interloper," do the Nelson brothers have any redeeming qualities?

2. In "A Weary Man's Utopia," is the society described by the old man really a "utopia"?

3. In "The Rose of Paracelsus," why doesn't Paracelsus turn the ashes of the rose into a rose for the young man?

4. What does "The Disk" say about greed?

5. In "The Book of Sand," what are the stages of the narrator's view toward the book?

6. In "The Duel," what is the nature of the duel between Clara and Marta?

7. In "Everything and Nothing," who ultimately tells Shakespeare he is like him, and why does he say this?

8. In "Borges and I," who are the two Borgeses, and what is the relationship between them?

9. In "The Other," how does the elder Borges most successfully prove to the younger Borges that he is not dreaming their encounter?

10. In "The Plot," a gaucho dies in a similar fashion to Julius Caesar. What does this suggest about history?

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