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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Locked Room, Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator respond to the rumor that Fanshawe never existed and that he had written the works himself?
(a) He cries and refuses to speak to anyone for a week.
(b) He is flattered and promotes the rumors.
(c) He laughs and compares Fanshawe to Shakespeare.
(d) He becomes angry and denies the rumors.

2. Whom does Blue telephone to inform that he will be going undercover?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) His mother.
(c) The future Mrs. Blue.
(d) His cousin.

3. After Quinn figures out the message, how many days does he estimate are left before Stillman makes a move to harm Peter?
(a) Two days.
(b) Four days.
(c) One day.
(d) Seven days.

4. What does Blue watch Black do every day?
(a) Read and write.
(b) Watch television.
(c) Cook and clean.
(d) Drink bourbon and smoke.

5. On what occasion does the sexual relationship between the narrator and Sophie Fanshawe begin?
(a) On Sophie Fanshawe's birthday.
(b) On the day that Fanshawe's work is accepted by the publisher.
(c) On the day that they meet to discuss Fanshawe's work for the first time.
(d) On the narrator's birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the end of Chapter 8, what does "El" mean in ancient Hebrew?

2. How will Blue be paid for his work?

3. From where was Fanshawe's letter postmarked?

4. According to the information provided in the first paragraph of Ghosts, who is it that walks through the door, thus beginning the story?

5. What is the name of the first novel of Fanshawe's that the narrator gives to the editor?

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