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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author awakens to the sound of what?
(a) A gospel choir.
(b) Birds singing.
(c) A phonograph record.
(d) The radio.

2. What is the name of the Japanese cruiser that finds the dead crew of a ship?
(a) Namura.
(b) Cornea.
(c) Oshkido.
(d) Samurai.

3. What does the author say came ahead of time?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) The Velvet Underground.
(d) The Beatles.

4. Into what language is the invention of Morel translated in 1953?
(a) Italian.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) English.

5. Which of the following poets wrote epic poetry?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Chesterton.
(c) Verlaine.
(d) Whitman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which French novelist does Borges reference in the prologue?

2. The town of Bearn is in what country?

3. Why does the narrator think some people like to wear old clothes?

4. Borges and Casares write about the virtues of what food product?

5. Which one of Bioy's stories does the writer mention in the introduction?

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