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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom is Auster expecting when he opens the door to Quinn?
(a) The landlord.
(b) His wife.
(c) The repairman.
(d) His daughter.

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

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

5. What is the name of Paul Auster's son?
(a) Peter.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Henry.
(d) Quinn.

6. According to Stillman's book, what was the biblical Adam's only task in the Garden of Eden?
(a) To reproduce.
(b) To sleep.
(c) To invent language.
(d) To eat.

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

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

9. In Chapter 8, what time does Stillman begin his daily walks?
(a) Eight o'clock in the morning.
(b) Seven o'clock in the evening.
(c) Three o'clock in the afternoon.
(d) Six o'clock in the morning.

10. What is Quinn reading when the phone rings?
(a) Steinbeck's Travels with Charley.
(b) Marco Polo's Travels.
(c) Tolstoy's War and Peace.
(d) Shakespeare's Hamlet.

11. Who is the author of The New Babel?
(a) Peter Stillman.
(b) John Milton.
(c) Daniel Quinn.
(d) Henry Dark.

12. According to Stillman's book, how many years elapsed between the Flood and the Tower of Babel?
(a) 220 years.
(b) 340 years.
(c) 170 years.
(d) 560 years.

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

14. What is the name of the Park where Stillman tends to spend several hours each day?
(a) Hudson Park.
(b) McIntire Park.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Riverside Park.

15. In Chapter 12, what does Quinn spend many hours doing each day while he is living in the alleyway?
(a) Looking up at the sky.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Reading.
(d) Eating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book is the girl reading with whom Quinn converses in the waiting room?

2. On what condition does Quinn agree to continue following Stillman after thirteen days of repetitive action, per his telephone consultation with Virginia Stillman?

3. In Chapter 1, what is the event that occasions the meeting between Quinn and Stillman?

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

5. Whom does Peter Stillman fear is going to murder him?

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