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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 83 - 85 | Book I, Part II - Desolation in the World: Chapters 86 - 90.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Jack's hotel located on his first night in San Francisco?
(a) The wharf.
(b) The projects.
(c) Chinatown.
(d) Downtown.

2. To Jack, the forest service is a metaphor of what?
(a) The circle of life.
(b) Nature.
(c) A child with too much responsibility.
(d) Totalitarian governments.

3. What college does Jack attend for a little while?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Brown.
(c) Stamford.
(d) Columbia.

4. Where does Jack go after drinking some wine in his room on Skid Row?
(a) A bar.
(b) A burlesque show.
(c) A fight club.
(d) An abandoned park.

5. What does Jack call his friend, Simon?
(a) Poetry in motion.
(b) A wrteched poet and dreamer.
(c) The Prussian officer.
(d) The mad Russian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Jack refer to his inner blackness?

3. What does Jack want to "own" before he leaves Washington?

4. What does Jack decide he needs when he sees the Greyhound baggage carriers?

5. What does Jack feed the animals that come to his cabin in Washington?

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