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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. Which text does Stillman use as the basis of his argument about the fall of man in his book?
(a) Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.
(b) Flaubert's Madame Bovary.
(c) Milton's Paradise Lost.
(d) Dante's Divine Comedy.

2. What is Quinn's pseudonym?
(a) Max Work.
(b) Thomas Williams.
(c) Peter Stillman.
(d) William Wilson.

3. According to Stillman's notes in Chapter 5, which character does he suspect of not being trustworthy?
(a) Virginia Stillman.
(b) Paul Auster.
(c) Peter Stillman.
(d) The counterman at the luncheonette.

4. What does Blue find when he opens the door to Black's apartment after Black tells him to come in?
(a) Black sitting at his computer, writing.
(b) Black sitting at the table, eating.
(c) Black sitting on the toliet, reading a magazine.
(d) Black wearing the Halloween mask, pointing a gun at him.

5. What do the narrator and Jane Fanshawe do before the narrator leaves to return to his family?
(a) They go for a walk around the city.
(b) They get into an argument.
(c) They eat lunch, talk, and have sex.
(d) They go next door to visit the narrator's parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name has Fanshawe been using?

2. What happens each time Auster tries to reach Virginia Stillman by telephone in Chapter 11?

3. Where does Stillman eat his dinner on most days?

4. According to the information provided in the first paragraph of Ghosts, who is it that walks through the door, thus beginning the story?

5. How does Blue enter Black's apartment while he is out?

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