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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Each god is three times larger than what?
(a) A man.
(b) A steeple.
(c) A pillar.
(d) A basketball player.

2. Which of the following words does the author use to describe Bioy's personality?
(a) Devious.
(b) Happy-go-lucky.
(c) Loopy.
(d) Shy.

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

4. Which of the following words does the narrator use to describe the rooms of the museum?
(a) Odorless.
(b) Smelly.
(c) Unpleasant.
(d) Colorless.

5. What kind of product does La Martona produce?
(a) Coffee products.
(b) Leather products.
(c) Clothing products.
(d) Dairy products.

6. Why does the narrator say he decided to go to the island despite of its dangers?
(a) He wanted adventure.
(b) He knew the Italian as a liar.
(c) He thought there would be gold there.
(d) His life was unbearable.

7. Why does the Italian say the Rockefeller Institute never visit the island?
(a) It is sacred ground.
(b) There is a war raging in its center.
(c) It is the focal point of a mysterious disease.
(d) The inhabitants are cannibals.

8. In which room does the narrator say he made discoveries on two separate occasions?
(a) The basement.
(b) The loft.
(c) The library.
(d) The dining room.

9. Which of the following words does the author use to describe the building on the hill?
(a) Angular.
(b) Square.
(c) Tubular.
(d) Rotund.

10. What does the narrator claims stops one from running away in dreams?
(a) A brick wall.
(b) The screams of loved ones.
(c) Dragons.
(d) A heavy weight.

11. Who once called calls Bioy the secret master?
(a) Marquez.
(b) Borges.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Greene.

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

13. Which one of Bioy's stories does the writer mention in the introduction?
(a) Family Ties and Other Assortments.
(b) The Invention that Changed the World.
(c) The Adventure of a Photographer in La Plata.
(d) The Misadventurers of the Girl Who Hated Icecream.

14. What is the name of the Italian rug merchant?
(a) Roberto Baggio.
(b) Umberto Eco.
(c) Paulo Maldini.
(d) Dalmacio Ombrellieri.

15. Which of the following is a summer resort?
(a) Potsdam.
(b) Boxhagen.
(c) Marienbad.
(d) The Dales.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it impossible to cut the trees on top of the hill?

2. Whose motto does the narrator say he will adopt as his own?

3. What building is on the lowlands of the island?

4. What country does Bioy see as his second home?

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

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