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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ghosts, pgs. 211-232.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the film about the private eye starring Robert Mitchum that Blue goes to see?
(a) From Here to Eternity.
(b) East of Eden.
(c) Out of the Past.
(d) Blast from the Past.

2. What is the name of the bartender with whom Blue has occasional conversations when he slips out to a bar?
(a) Violet.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Gray.

3. What is the weather like on the day that Stillman does not appear as usual?
(a) It is sunny.
(b) It is raining.
(c) It is windy.
(d) It is snowing.

4. What do Quinn and the counterman at the luncheonette commonly converse about?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Literature.
(c) The weather.
(d) Football.

5. In Chapter 8, what is the message spelled out by the letters of the maps?
(a) THE MYTH OF BABEL.
(b) THE TOWER OF BABEL.
(c) THE MYTH OF PARADISE.
(d) THE NEW BABEL.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Peter Stillman's profession?

2. What does Stillman do with the object that he examines during his walks in Chapter 8 of the novel?

3. According to Stillman's notes in Chapter 5, which character does he suspect of not being trustworthy?

4. What disguise does Blue use for his third encounter with Black?

5. Where does the second meeting between Quinn and Stillman take place in Chapter 9?

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