Multiple Choice (novel) explained

Author:Alejandro Zambra
Pub Date:2016
Country:Chile
Publisher:Penguin Books
Translator:Megan McDowell

Multiple Choice is a novel published by the Chilean author Alejandro Zambra in 2014. Megan McDowell's English translation was published by Penguin Books in 2016. The novel uses the structure and questions of the Chilean Academic Aptitude Test as its organizing principle. Called both a work of parody and poetry, Multiple Choice examines the role of the education system and standardized testing in promoting compliance to authoritarian rule.[1] [2]

References

  1. News: Novey . Idra . 2016-08-26 . Fiction or Standardized Test? 'Multiple Choice' Is Both . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-21 . 0362-4331.
  2. Web site: Vidal . Juan . July 23, 2016 . 'Multiple Choice' Is A) A Novel, B) In Test Form, C) Fascinating, D) All Of The Above . NPR.org.