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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Part I - Desolation in Solitude: Chapters 35 - 40 | Book I, Part I - Desolation in Solitude: Chapters 41 - 47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack see illusions of while he is out in the storm all night?
(a) Water.
(b) Birds.
(c) Fire.
(d) Air.

2. Which of the following is NOT a mountain that Jack enjoys looking at and pondering?
(a) Mount Jack.
(b) Mount Baker.
(c) Mount Hozomeen.
(d) Mount Rose.

3. What does "Maya'"mean?
(a) Believing a reality that is not real.
(b) Escaping the world to find one's self.
(c) A religion without a God.
(d) A form of communication that needs no words.

4. What does Jack read while he is at his job in Washington?
(a) Magazines.
(b) His old journals.
(c) His own writing.
(d) Literature.

5. What does Jack want to "own" before he leaves Washington?
(a) His soul.
(b) A forest.
(c) The wind.
(d) A fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jack refer to his inner blackness?

2. What is Jack's job at the beginning of the book?

3. What does Jack do whenever something sad happens to him?

4. What does Jack plan to take to San Francisco with him according to his poem about going there?

5. What does Jack plan to bring to Simon's house when he finally leaves Washington?

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