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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Edgar Allan Poe story does the writer reference in the introduction?
(a) The House of Usher.
(b) Black Cat.
(c) The Raven.
(d) The Pit and the Pendulum.

2. Casares is from what country?
(a) Spain.
(b) Chile.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Brazil.

3. Into what does the narrator say the paper he is writing is changing ?
(a) A diary.
(b) A script.
(c) A shopping list.
(d) A will.

4. Why does the narrator think the people he sees are a group of eccentrics?
(a) They are running around naked.
(b) They are dancing around a fire.
(c) They are wearing clothes from another era.
(d) They are wearing warm clothes.

5. Which of the following poets wrote lyrical poems?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Stevenson.
(c) Verlaine.
(d) Poe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Mexican poet referenced in the introduction?

2. What is the name of the novel Bioy writes after the Invention of Morel?

3. What does the narrator say it would have been practical to build out of stones?

4. What does the author say he is bathed in after two or three minutes out of the pool?

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

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