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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Part II - Desolation in the World: Chapters 53 - 57 | Book I, Part II - Desolation in the World: Chapters 58 - 62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Jack, what has little place in a civilized world?
(a) Impatience and rudeness.
(b) Peace and calm.
(c) Enlightenment of solitude.
(d) Judgement and arrogance.

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

3. What does Jack think he is doomed to as far as love is concerned?
(a) Loving women who hate him.
(b) Loving women who love other men.
(c) Loving women who are too young.
(d) Loving women who can see through his facade.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack's aunt make for dinner every Sunday night when he is a child?

2. How much does Pat's sack weigh?

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

4. What is the first big purchase Jack plans to make with his season's worth of paychecks?

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

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