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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 34-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what does Richard MacDuff say has been stuck in his hallway for three weeks?
(a) Washing machine.
(b) Queen bed.
(c) Sofa.
(d) Piano.

2. When Richard first arrives at Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, he overhears Dirk explain to someone at the other end of the phone line that his job involves doing what?
(a) Comparing fingerprints and footprints to find similarities between cases.
(b) Tracking down and reprogramming Electronic Monks.
(c) Finding a pattern in the holistic interconnectedness of all things.
(d) Guessing why horses mysteriously end up in bathrooms.

3. When Richard goes to Susan's place to comfort her after her brother's death, he finds her doing what?
(a) Playing the cello.
(b) Talking on the phone.
(c) Staring out the window.
(d) Looking at photo albums.

4. Gordon's ghost wakes up from his fainting spell by the sound of what?
(a) His radio alarm blaring.
(b) A knock on the door.
(c) A mouse gnawing on bread crumbs.
(d) His gas cooker exploding.

5. After receiving the vital piece of information from Richard about a murder, Dirk realizes that the alien ghost was able to possess Michael because:
(a) Knew Ross well.
(b) Knew Gordon well.
(c) Both missed Michael's magazine.
(d) Both had the intent to kill.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Electric Monk is:

2. After Gordon's death, how does Dirk manage to get into Richard's apartment?

3. After Dirk Gently calls Richard and scolds him for going to the window and allowing himself to be photographed, he tells Richard to meet him where?

4. The author notes that even though a rider may sit on a horse all day long and not think about the creature, the one being sat upon:

5. As the Electric Monk looks across a vast valley, he begins to imagine that he'll find a door here leading to where?

(see the answer key)

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