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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the telephone conversation at the end of Chapter 1, why does the caller need Quinn to protect him?
(a) The caller believes he is going to be murdered.
(b) The caller is paranoid.
(c) The caller has committed a crime.
(d) The caller is a celebrity.

2. What does Quinn do with the clothes he is wearing in Chapter 13?
(a) He takes off all of his clothing and tears it up to make bandages.
(b) He takes off all of his clothing and burns it.
(c) He takes off all of his clothing and washes it.
(d) He takes off all of his clothes and drops them down the airshaft.

3. In Chapter 8, what do each of the maps of Stillman's routes resemble to Quinn?
(a) A cloud.
(b) A letter of the alphabet.
(c) A flower.
(d) A heart.

4. What are the titles of the two parts of Stillman's book?
(a) "The Myth of Zeus" and "The Myth of Venus".
(b) "The Book of Life" and "The Book of Death".
(c) "The Myth of Hercules" and "The Myth of Sysiphus".
(d) "The Myth of Paradise" and "The Myth of Babel".

5. How does Quinn find out that Stillman has committed suicide?
(a) He sees a news story about it on television.
(b) Paul Auster tells him over the telephone.
(c) He reads it in a newspaper.
(d) Virginia Stillman tells him over the telephone.

6. In Chapter 10, what novel is Paul Auster writing an article about?
(a) Don Quixote.
(b) Amadis de Gaula.
(c) Madame Bovary.
(d) Cervantes.

7. What is Peter Stillman's profession?
(a) He is a poet.
(b) He is an engineer.
(c) He is a teacher.
(d) He is a firefighter.

8. While living in the alleyway in Chapter 12, at what time does Quinn do his grocery shopping each morning?
(a) Ten o'clock in the morning.
(b) Six-thirty in the morning.
(c) Eight o'clock in the morning.
(d) Three-thirty in the morning.

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

10. The second time Quinn awakens in the small room at the back of the apartment, what does he find waiting for him?
(a) A check from Paul Auster.
(b) A letter from Virginia Stillman.
(c) A bottle of bourbon.
(d) A roast beef dinner.

11. According to the information in Chapter 4, who was the Scottish sailor considered to be the model for Robinson Crusoe?
(a) Alexander Selkirk.
(b) Kaspar Hauser.
(c) Peter of Hanover.
(d) Captain Hook.

12. Where does Quinn go to read Stillman's book?
(a) The Stillman's apartment.
(b) The Columbia Library.
(c) Central Park.
(d) The bookstore.

13. Whom does Peter Stillman fear is going to murder him?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His neighbor.
(d) His wife.

14. What is Paul Auster's profession?
(a) A musician.
(b) A painter.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A writer.

15. What does Stillman do with the object that he examines during his walks in Chapter 8 of the novel?
(a) He throws them in the garbage.
(b) He sells them on eBay.
(c) He puts them in his pockets.
(d) He writes something about them in a red notebook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Quinn use for the first drafts of all of his writing?

2. Why does Quinn decide not to continue following the second Stillman and to instead turn around and follow the first?

3. During their third and final meeting in Chapter 9, what name does Quinn give to Stillman?

4. Why does Stillman choose to carry out his project in New York?

5. With what name does Quinn introduce himself the first time that he speaks to Stillman in Chapter 9?

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