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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Locked Room, Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Stillman carry with him on his daily walks?
(a) A copy of the Bible.
(b) A stuffed animal.
(c) An old-fashioned carpet bag.
(d) A metal detector.

2. What project does Stuart Green propose the narrator undertake?
(a) To edit a collection of Fanshawe's personal correspondence.
(b) To write a novel.
(c) To write a work of literary criticism about Fanshawe's work.
(d) To write a biography of Fanshawe.

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

4. Where do Sophie and the narrator meet to discuss Fanshawe's work at the narrator's suggestion?
(a) Sophie Fanshawe's apartment.
(b) A fast food restaurant.
(c) A fashionable French restaurant.
(d) The narrator's apartment.

5. How does the narrator respond to the rumor that Fanshawe never existed and that he had written the works himself?
(a) He cries and refuses to speak to anyone for a week.
(b) He laughs and compares Fanshawe to Shakespeare.
(c) He is flattered and promotes the rumors.
(d) He becomes angry and denies the rumors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quinn find when he returns to his apartment?

2. On what occasion does the sexual relationship between the narrator and Sophie Fanshawe begin?

3. In what condition does Blue leave Black in the apartment?

4. In Chapter 12, what does Quinn spend many hours doing each day while he is living in the alleyway?

5. How are the two men resembling the photograph of Stillman distinguishable?

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