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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The town of Bearn is in what country?
(a) Belguim.
(b) Spain.
(c) Ireland.
(d) France.

2. Why is it impossible to cut the trees on top of the hill?
(a) They are guarded.
(b) They are too young.
(c) They are diseased.
(d) The wood is too hard.

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

4. What building is on the lowlands of the island?
(a) A cafe.
(b) A prison.
(c) A factory.
(d) A mill.

5. What did the narrator find dead in the circular room?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Birds.
(c) Babies.
(d) Fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two buildings are on top of the hill?

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

3. What writer does Borges claim has superior plots?

4. The narrator says the men violate the sanctity of what?

5. Each god is three times larger than what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator decide against suicide?

2. Why does the narrator become upset with Faustine?

3. Why does Morel call the museum the Museum?

4. What is Casares' relationship with Borges?

5. What is the main theme of many of Casares' works?

6. How is The Invention of Morel different from Casares' early novels?

7. How does the narrator describe the museum?

8. Describe the layout of the island?

9. How does the rug seller help the narrator escape onto the island?

10. Why does Morel decide that Haynes does not have to attend the meeting?

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