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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 is the only book that Jack has to read while he is in Washington?
(a) The God That Failed.
(b) God is in all Things.
(c) My God, My Country.
(d) The Bible.

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

3. What is Jack's job at the beginning of the book?
(a) Fire lookout.
(b) Author.
(c) Forest ranger.
(d) Miner.

4. What does Jack plan to bring to Simon's house when he finally leaves Washington?
(a) His new poems.
(b) A lot of food.
(c) A crate of wine.
(d) Some good opium.

5. What is the name of the woman Jack might have married at one point?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Melanie.
(c) Maisy.
(d) Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a mountain that Jack enjoys looking at and pondering?

2. What does "Maya'"mean?

3. What does Jack want to eat more than anything in the world while he is working in the forest in Washington?

4. What is Jack's Solitaire game based on?

5. What does Jack think he is doomed to as far as love is concerned?

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