9. I Believe That Books Will Never Disappear .
-Robert Alfino with Jorge Luis Borges
One Mark Questions.
1. Which according to Borges is his first literary reading?
Ans) Grimm's Fairy tales .
2. According to Borges, in which language did he read ‘Grimm’s Fairy Tales’?
Ans) In English version .
3. Where according to Borges was he educated more than high school or the university?
Ans) In his father's library .
4. Who according to Borges was an extraordinary person?
Ans) Borges mother .
5. Whom does Borges look upon as an intelligent and gracious woman?
Ans) Borges mother .
6. What according to Borges is blindness to him?
Ans) 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?
Ans) The 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?
Ans) Books .
11. Which library according to Borges may have been the one he dreamed of?
Ans) Library of Alexandria .
12. What exactly did Borges visualize about the library in his dream?
Ans) Burning of a great library .
13. Name the book which according to Borges has remarkable comments on books?
Ans) Decline of the west .
14. Who according to Borges has predated his attempt to write a history of book?
Ans) Splenger .
15. Who according to Borges quoted that every book worth being re-read has been written by the spirit?
Ans) Bernard shaw .
16. What according to Borges is magical, mysterious and unexplainable?
Ans) Poetry .
17. Whose line in a poem does Borges remember always?
Ans) Emily Dickinson .
18. Since when according to Borges do metaphors exist?
Ans) From the beginning of time .
19. Mention any one of the essential metaphors which according to Borges are found in all literatures?
Ans) time and a river/ life and dreams/ death and sleep/stars and eyes/flowers and eomen .
20. What according to Borges will never disappear?
Ans) Books .
21. Which according to Borges is the most astounding invention of man?
Ans) The book .
22. Borges says that the telescope and the microscope are the extensions of our
a) voice.
b) sight.
c) arms.
Ans) b) sight .
23. Which of the inventions of man is the extension of our voice according to Borges?
Ans) The telephone .
24. According to Borges which of the inventions of man is the extension of our imagination and memory?
Ans) Book .
25. What according to Borges is a controlled dream?
Ans) 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?
Ans) If books disappear ,surely history would disappear .
1. Which according to Borges is his first literary reading?
Ans) Grimm's Fairy tales .
2. According to Borges, in which language did he read ‘Grimm’s Fairy Tales’?
Ans) In English version .
3. Where according to Borges was he educated more than high school or the university?
Ans) In his father's library .
4. Who according to Borges was an extraordinary person?
Ans) Borges mother .
5. Whom does Borges look upon as an intelligent and gracious woman?
Ans) Borges mother .
6. What according to Borges is blindness to him?
Ans) 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?
Ans) The 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?
Ans) Books .
11. Which library according to Borges may have been the one he dreamed of?
Ans) Library of Alexandria .
12. What exactly did Borges visualize about the library in his dream?
Ans) Burning of a great library .
13. Name the book which according to Borges has remarkable comments on books?
Ans) Decline of the west .
14. Who according to Borges has predated his attempt to write a history of book?
Ans) Splenger .
15. Who according to Borges quoted that every book worth being re-read has been written by the spirit?
Ans) Bernard shaw .
16. What according to Borges is magical, mysterious and unexplainable?
Ans) Poetry .
17. Whose line in a poem does Borges remember always?
Ans) Emily Dickinson .
18. Since when according to Borges do metaphors exist?
Ans) From the beginning of time .
19. Mention any one of the essential metaphors which according to Borges are found in all literatures?
Ans) time and a river/ life and dreams/ death and sleep/stars and eyes/flowers and eomen .
20. What according to Borges will never disappear?
Ans) Books .
21. Which according to Borges is the most astounding invention of man?
Ans) The book .
22. Borges says that the telescope and the microscope are the extensions of our
a) voice.
b) sight.
c) arms.
Ans) b) sight .
23. Which of the inventions of man is the extension of our voice according to Borges?
Ans) The telephone .
24. According to Borges which of the inventions of man is the extension of our imagination and memory?
Ans) Book .
25. What according to Borges is a controlled dream?
Ans) 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?
Ans) If books disappear ,surely history would disappear .
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