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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) God is in all Things.
(b) The God That Failed.
(c) The Bible.
(d) My God, My Country.

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

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

4. What does Jack like to invent?
(a) Images.
(b) Words.
(c) Games.
(d) Drinks.

5. What is Jack's Solitaire game based on?
(a) Poker.
(b) Literature.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Jazz.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jack do on Sunday mornings while he is working in Washington?

3. To Jack, the forest service is a metaphor of what?

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

5. What college does Jack attend for a little while?

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