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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of poetry does Bioy favor?
(a) Epic poetry.
(b) Sonnets.
(c) Lyrical poetry.
(d) Limericks.

2. What torments the author in the southern part of the island?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Asps.

3. What is the name of the magazine where Bioy started his career?
(a) Sur.
(b) Tomkins.
(c) Latin Maker.
(d) Gordo.

4. What kind of novel does Borges say is formless?
(a) A social novel.
(b) A psychological novel.
(c) A magical realist novel.
(d) A crime novel.

5. The narrator makes his bed out of what?
(a) Branches and leaves.
(b) Feathers and branches.
(c) Tree trunks and seaweed.
(d) Moss and leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Edgar Allan Poe story does the writer reference in the introduction?

2. The essayist say Casares's novels are rich in what?

3. The town of Bearn is in what country?

4. What wakes the narrator from his sleep?

5. Which of the following poets wrote lyrical poems?

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