9. I BELIEVE THAT BOOKS WILL NEVER DISAPPEAR
One Mark Questions
1. Which according to Borges is his first
literary reading?
a)
Grimm’s fairy tales b) Roy’s fairy
tales c) Royal’s fairy tales
Ans:
a) Grimm’s fairy tales
2. According to Borges, in which language did
he read ‘Grimm’s Fairy Tales’?
a)
French Version b) English
Version c) Spanish Version
Ans:
b) English Version
3. Where according to Borges was he educated
more than high school or the university?
a)
His mother’s library b) His father’s
library c) His friend’s library
Ans:
b) His father’s library
4. Who according to Borges was an
extraordinary person?
a)
His father b) His friend c) His mother
Ans:
c) His mother
5. Whom does Borges look upon as an
intelligent and gracious woman?
a)
His father b) His friend c) His mother
Ans:
c) His mother
6. What according to Borges is blindness to
him?
a)
A way of life that is not entirely unhappy
b)
A way of life that is not entirely happy
c)
A way of other life that is not entirely happy
Ans:
a) A way of life that is not entirely unhappy
7. Borges says one must think that whatever
happens to him or her is a
a)
resource b)
misfortune c)
embarrassment.
Ans:
a) resource
8. Name the book of Homer mentioned by Borges
in his interview.
a)
Homer b) Odyssey c) Goethe
Ans:
b) Odyssey
9. ‘All that is near becomes far.’ This line
is from a poem by
a)
Homer b) Spengler c) Goethe
Ans:
c) Goethe
10. What did Borges fill his house with when
the visible world moved away from his eyes?
a)
Notices b) Books c) Magazines
Ans:
b) Books
11. Which library according to Borges may
have been the one he dreamed of?
a)
The Royal Library of Alexandria
b)
The Royal Library of Alsace
c)
The Royal Library of Japan
Ans:
a) The Royal Library of Alexandria
12. What exactly did Borges visualize about
the library in his dream?
a)
The burning of a small library with its so many volumes
b)
The burning of a great library with its countless volumes attacked by flames
c)
The burning of central library with its fewer volumes
Ans:
b) The burning of a great library with its countless volumes attacked by flames
13. Name
the book which according to Borges has remarkable comments on books.
a)
Decline of West
b)
Decline of East
c)
Decline of North
Ans:
a) Decline of West
14. Who according to Borges has predated his
attempt to write a history of book?
a)
Spencher
b)
Spengler
c)
Spanisher
Ans:
b) Spengler
15. Who according to Borges quoted that every
book worth being re-read has been written by the spirit?
a)
Ruskin Bond
b)
William Blake
c)
Bernard Shaw
Ans:
c) Bernard Shaw
16. What according to Borges is magical,
mysterious and unexplainable?
a)
Prose b) Poetry c) Songs
Ans:
b) Poetry
17. Whose line in a poem does Borges remember
always?
a)
Emily Dickinson b) Alley Dickinson c) Roy Dickinson
Ans:
a) Emily Dickinson
18. Since when according to Borges do
metaphors exist?
a)
In end b) In
morning c) In the
beginning of time
Ans:
c) In the beginning of time
19. Mention any one of the essential
metaphors which according to Borges are found in all literatures.
a)
Time and a river, life and dreams, death and sleep, stars and eyes, and flowers
and women.
b)
Day and night, sun and moon and space and universe
c)
Cold and night and moon and sun
Ans:
a) Time and a river, life and dreams, death and sleep, stars and eyes, and
flowers and women.
20. What according to Borges will never
disappear?
a)
Flowers b) Birds c) Books
Ans:
c) Books
21. Which according to Borges is the most
astounding invention of man?
a)
Flowers b) Birds c) Books
Ans:
c) Books
22. Borges says that the telescope and the
microscope are the extensions of our
a)
voice b) sight c) arms
Ans:
a) Voice
23. Which of the inventions of man is the
extension of our voice according to Borges?
a)
Sight b) telephone c) arms
Ans:
b) telephone
24. According to Borges which of the
inventions of man is the extension of our imagination and memory?
a)
Flowers b) Birds c) Books
Ans:
c) Books
25. What according to Borges is a controlled
dream?
a)
Poem b) Literature c) Prose
Ans:
b) Literature
26. According to Borges our past is nothing
but a sequence of ______ .
a)
dreams b) memories c) experiences
Ans:
a) dreams
27. When according to Borges would history
disappear?
a)
if he disappears b) if books disappears c) if birds disappears
Ans:
b) if books disappear
