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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 becomes angry and denies the rumors.
(b) He is flattered and promotes the rumors.
(c) He laughs and compares Fanshawe to Shakespeare.
(d) He cries and refuses to speak to anyone for a week.

2. What identity does Blue adopt for himself during his second conversation with Black?
(a) A life insurance salesman from Kenosha, Wisconsin.
(b) An ice fisherman from Alberta, Canada.
(c) A lumberjack from White Springs, Colorado.
(d) A farmer from Holcomb, Kansas.

3. Where does Blue go to watch Jackie Robinson play baseball?
(a) Shea Stadium.
(b) Ebbets Field.
(c) Madison Square Garden.
(d) Wrigley Field.

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

5. In Chapter 10, what novel is Paul Auster writing an article about?
(a) Amadis de Gaula.
(b) Madame Bovary.
(c) Cervantes.
(d) Don Quixote.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the man wearing the Halloween mask manage to escape from Blue?

2. How does Blue enter Black's apartment while he is out?

3. Who is the author of The New Babel?

4. According to Stillman, what secret reference do the initials H.D. have?

5. What is the word that the narrator uses to describe his attitude toward Fanshawe that is more accurate than envy?

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