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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the telephone conversation at the end of Chapter 1, why does the caller need Quinn to protect him?
(a) The caller has committed a crime.
(b) The caller is paranoid.
(c) The caller is a celebrity.
(d) The caller believes he is going to be murdered.

2. Why does Stillman choose to carry out his project in New York?
(a) Because it is the financial capital of the nation.
(b) Because he has family there.
(c) Because brokeness is everywhere in the city.
(d) Because he is a Mets fan.

3. After Quinn runs out of money and leaves the alleyway, he sees his reflection in a mirror. His own image reminds him of whom?
(a) Don Quixote.
(b) Peter Stillman.
(c) Robinson Crusoe.
(d) Jonathon Swift.

4. How are the two men resembling the photograph of Stillman distinguishable?
(a) One of them has brown hair.
(b) They are dressed differently.
(c) They are of different heights.
(d) One of them has fewer wrinkles.

5. According to the information in Chapter 4, who was the Scottish sailor considered to be the model for Robinson Crusoe?
(a) Kaspar Hauser.
(b) Alexander Selkirk.
(c) Peter of Hanover.
(d) Captain Hook.

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

7. What is Quinn reading when the phone rings?
(a) Steinbeck's Travels with Charley.
(b) Shakespeare's Hamlet.
(c) Marco Polo's Travels.
(d) Tolstoy's War and Peace.

8. At the end of Chapter 4, Quinn begins to think of preventing Peter Stillman's murder as personal redemption for his inability to prevent the death of whom?
(a) His dog.
(b) His father.
(c) His son.
(d) His wife.

9. In Chapter 10, how does Quinn contact Auster?
(a) He sends him a telegram.
(b) He visits his apartment.
(c) He calls him on the telephone.
(d) He writes him a letter.

10. According to Stillman, what secret reference do the initials H.D. have?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Humpty Dumpty.
(c) Henry Dark.
(d) Heraclitus and Democritus.

11. In Chapter 1, what is the event that occasions the meeting between Quinn and Stillman?
(a) A car accident.
(b) A fight.
(c) A telephone call.
(d) An earthquake.

12. Who held Peter Stillman captive in the dark room for nine years?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

13. When Quinn first meets Peter Stillman, what color does he associate with him?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

14. To which two continental philosophers does the narrator credit the concept of the "noble savage"?
(a) Nietzsche and Heidigger.
(b) Locke and Rousseau.
(c) Hume and Kant.
(d) Milton and Dark.

15. What is the weather like on the day that Stillman does not appear as usual?
(a) It is windy.
(b) It is raining.
(c) It is snowing.
(d) It is sunny.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does Quinn spend many hours doing each day while he is living in the alleyway?

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

3. Where does Stillman eat his dinner on most days?

4. What is the name of the persona that Stillman invents in his book in order to protect himself?

5. On what condition does Quinn agree to continue following Stillman after thirteen days of repetitive action, per his telephone consultation with Virginia Stillman?

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