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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. What happens each time Auster tries to reach Virginia Stillman by telephone in Chapter 11?
(a) He speaks to Peter Stillman.
(b) He gets a busy signal.
(c) He speaks to Virginia Stillman.
(d) He speaks to the Stillman's maid.

2. Where does Blue read about Gold and the case of the murdered child?
(a) Walden.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) TIme.
(d) True Detective.

3. How does Quinn find out that Stillman has committed suicide?
(a) Paul Auster tells him over the telephone.
(b) He reads it in a newspaper.
(c) Virginia Stillman tells him over the telephone.
(d) He sees a news story about it on television.

4. What is the name that Blue uses when he disguises himself as a beggar?
(a) Tommy Violet.
(b) Billy Scarlet.
(c) Jimmy Rose.
(d) Bobby Lilac.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which text does Stillman use as the basis of his argument about the fall of man in his book?

2. What is the name of the bartender with whom Blue has occasional conversations when he slips out to a bar?

3. What is the last sentence written in the red notebook?

4. What is Quinn's pseudonym?

5. What happens when Blue finally decides to contact the future Mrs. Blue?

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