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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Quinn consider to be the ideal relationship between a detective and his client?
(a) They should maintain close contact.
(b) They should meet once per week.
(c) They should be unaware of each other's work.
(d) They should live together.

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

4. Whom does Peter Stillman fear is going to murder him?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) His wife.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

5. During their third and final meeting in Chapter 9, what name does Quinn give to Stillman?
(a) William Wilson.
(b) Max Work.
(c) Peter Stillman.
(d) Henry Dark.

6. Where is the Stillman family from?
(a) Boston.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

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

8. What doubts does Quinn have about the letters from the maps?
(a) Quinn worries that he is missing a letter.
(b) Quinn worries that he misspelled a word.
(c) Quinn worries that Stillman has seen him.
(d) Quinn worries that he imagined the whole thing.

9. In Chapter 8, what do each of the maps of Stillman's routes resemble to Quinn?
(a) A letter of the alphabet.
(b) A heart.
(c) A flower.
(d) A cloud.

10. Where does Quinn go to read Stillman's book?
(a) The Stillman's apartment.
(b) Central Park.
(c) The bookstore.
(d) The Columbia Library.

11. According to Stillman, how is man like an egg?
(a) Like an egg, man is tempramental.
(b) Like an egg, man is easily cracked.
(c) Like an egg, man is pure potential; he is not fully realized.
(d) Like an egg, man is white.

12. What is the name of the Park where Stillman tends to spend several hours each day?
(a) Central Park.
(b) McIntire Park.
(c) Hudson Park.
(d) Riverside Park.

13. What does Quinn like to do most in his free time?
(a) Walk through the city.
(b) Watch sports.
(c) Play tennis.
(d) Cook elaborate meals.

14. What is Quinn wearing when he first begins writing notes about the Stillman case in Chapter 5?
(a) Swim trunks.
(b) His pajamas.
(c) Nothing; he is naked.
(d) A blue shirt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quinn find when he returns to his apartment?

2. How much money does Quinn withdraw from the automatic teller at the end of Chapter 11?

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

4. In Chapter 10, how does Quinn contact Auster?

5. What does Virginia Stillman do after she walks Quinn to the door in Chapter 3?

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