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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Quinn find when he returns to his apartment?
(a) Paul Auster is living there.
(b) His belongings are gone and another resident is living there.
(c) His apartment building has burned down.
(d) Virginia Stillman is there waiting for him.

2. With what name does Quinn introduce himself to Stillman during their second meeting in Chapter 9?
(a) Peter Stillman.
(b) Daniel Quinn.
(c) Henry Dark.
(d) Max Work.

3. What is Paul Auster's profession?
(a) A writer.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A musician.
(d) A painter.

4. Where does the second meeting between Quinn and Stillman take place in Chapter 9?
(a) The Mayflower Cafe.
(b) The Santa Maria Cafe.
(c) The Pinta Hotel.
(d) The Titanic Hotel.

5. What are the titles of the two parts of Stillman's book?
(a) "The Book of Life" and "The Book of Death".
(b) "The Myth of Zeus" and "The Myth of Venus".
(c) "The Myth of Paradise" and "The Myth of Babel".
(d) "The Myth of Hercules" and "The Myth of Sysiphus".

Short Answer Questions

1. What book is the girl reading with whom Quinn converses in the waiting room?

2. Where does Quinn go to read Stillman's book?

3. What do Quinn and the counterman at the luncheonette commonly converse about?

4. What item does Stillman carry with him on his daily walks?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the danger of Quinn's becoming too bored while following Stillman? Who does he pretend to be in order to combat his boredom?

2. In what year did Stillman lock up his son? Why is this significant?

3. In Chapter 11, what does Quinn write about in the red notebook? According to his observations, what is the social hierarchy of the vagabond population like?

4. What is the first thing that Quinn writes in the red notebook? Why is this significant?

5. What is unusual about the relationship between Peter Stillman and his wife Virginia? What does Virginia do to make their relationship work?

6. Why is Virginia Stillman scared when Quinn calls her at the end of Chapter 9? What makes her think that Stillman may have contacted Peter?

7. In Chapter 13, where does Quinn go? What does he do there?

8. Describe the relationship between Quinn and the counterman at the luncheonette. What interest unites them?

9. What is the message spelled out by the letters of the maps in Chapter 8? What does this message reveal to Quinn about Stillman?

10. What is Stillman's theory about having children? What is the correlation between having children and knowledge?

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