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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 79 through 103.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following titles does the narrator say he wants to use for one of his novels?
(a) Apology for Survivors.
(b) Dedication is What We Need.
(c) Keeping Open to Life.
(d) Recognition.

2. What are the Spanish poets and intellectuals fleeing in the 30s?
(a) The First World War.
(b) The Spanish Civil War.
(c) Franco's government.
(d) The Communist Government.

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

4. How is the aquarium different from the last time the narrator saw it?
(a) It is full of human bones.
(b) The fish are alive.
(c) The fish are dead.
(d) The water is clean.

5. Which of the following creatures can one find in the swimming pool?
(a) Toads.
(b) Hippos.
(c) Scorpions.
(d) Snakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room measures forty feet by fifty feet?

2. What language are the two men speaking?

3. Why does the narrator think the two men he sees are ghosts?

4. How does Morel say the photograph is different from other photographs?

5. What does the man think Faustine will resent about him if they eventually meet in real life?

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