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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Locked Room, Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Fanshawe first begins to write, who are his models?
(a) Whitman and Shelley.
(b) Poe and Stevenson.
(c) Hawthorne and Williams.
(d) Salinger and Plath.

2. In their first conversation in Chapter 9, what does Stillman tell Quinn his project is?
(a) Drawing maps of the city.
(b) Building the Tower of Babel.
(c) Inventing a new language.
(d) Collecting street trash.

3. What do the narrator and Jane Fanshawe do before the narrator leaves to return to his family?
(a) They eat lunch, talk, and have sex.
(b) They go for a walk around the city.
(c) They get into an argument.
(d) They go next door to visit the narrator's parents.

4. How many suitcases does Fanshawe's work fill?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) One.

5. What do Auster and the narrator find in the Stillman's apartment?
(a) Nothing; it is completely empty.
(b) The red notebook.
(c) Daniel Quinn's corpse.
(d) Stillman's book.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the two men resembling the photograph of Stillman distinguishable?

2. The images of which two historical figures are inspirational to Blue when he visits the churchyard?

3. How old is Sophie when she meets the narrator of The Locked Room?

4. What happens each time Auster tries to reach Virginia Stillman by telephone in Chapter 11?

5. Where do Sophie and the narrator meet to discuss Fanshawe's work at the narrator's suggestion?

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