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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August 25, 1983, The Elephant, Homage to Isaac Babel, One of These Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of On Hope?
(a) Spencer Holst.
(b) Julio Cortazar.
(c) Margaret Atwood.
(d) Jorge Luis Borges.

2. In Death of the Right Fielder, how was the right fielder received by his teammates?
(a) He was disliked.
(b) He was a great player but disliked.
(c) He was beloved.
(d) He was the favorite team member.

3. Who is the author of An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?
(a) Yasunari Kawabata.
(b) Mark Helprin.
(c) Josef Skvorecky.
(d) Jamaica Kincaid.

4. Who is the author of Don't You Blame Anyone?
(a) Julio Cortazar.
(b) Margaret Atwood.
(c) Jorge Luis Borges.
(d) Spencer Holst.

5. Who is the author of The Falling Girl?
(a) Stuart Dybek.
(b) Leslie Norris.
(c) Anne Beattie.
(d) Dino Buzzati.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author of Love, Your Only Mother hails from where?

2. As Marta falls in The Falling Girl, the people get gradually more and more what as she nears the ground?

3. The characters in Homage to Isaac Babel see a melodramatic movie about what?

4. How does the author say the night had fallen in The Falling Girl?

5. Where is the university student in La Volpaia heading to by train?

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