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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 call the place where all humanity is born and shall return to?
(a) Golden Eternity.
(b) Eternal Splendor.
(c) Celestial Kingdom.
(d) Heaven's Womb.

2. 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) The Bible.
(d) My God, My Country.

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

4. What does Jack do whenever something sad happens to him?
(a) Writes about it.
(b) Drinks tequila.
(c) Yells ot the heavens.
(d) Takes 'depression walks'.

5. How does Jack refer to his inner blackness?
(a) The Truth.
(b) The enemy.
(c) The Void.
(d) The Other Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack looking at when he has his first 'awakening'?

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

3. What does Jack read while he is at his job in Washington?

4. What does Jack see illusions of while he is out in the storm all night?

5. What is the name of the woman Jack might have married at one point?

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