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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. Why does Quinn decide not to continue following the second Stillman and to instead turn around and follow the first?
(a) He began to doubt that Stillman would be so elegant.
(b) He flipped a coin.
(c) He was following the second man out of spite.
(d) He lost sight of the second Stillman.

2. Which text does Stillman use as the basis of his argument about the fall of man in his book?
(a) Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.
(b) Dante's Divine Comedy.
(c) Milton's Paradise Lost.
(d) Flaubert's Madame Bovary.

3. According to Stillman's book, how many years elapsed between the Flood and the Tower of Babel?
(a) 340 years.
(b) 220 years.
(c) 560 years.
(d) 170 years.

4. After Quinn figures out the message, how many days does he estimate are left before Stillman makes a move to harm Peter?
(a) Seven days.
(b) One day.
(c) Two days.
(d) Four days.

5. How many hours does Quinn sleep each night while living in the alleyway across from the Stillman's apartment?
(a) Six to eight hours.
(b) Eight to nine hours.
(c) One to two hours.
(d) Three to four hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Quinn wearing when he first begins writing notes about the Stillman case in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 8, what time does Stillman begin his daily walks?

3. What was Virginia Stillman's profession before she married Peter?

4. According to Stillman's notes in Chapter 5, which character does he suspect of not being trustworthy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Stillman invent the persona of Henry Dark? What significance does this name have?

2. After losing track of Stillman, who does Quinn seek out for advice on the Stillman case? Why does he think this person will be able to help him?

3. According to Stillman's book, where should the new paradise be built? When should this building occur and why then?

4. 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?

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

6. What interests Auster about the authorship of Don Quixote? According to Auster, what was the experiment that Don Quixote was conducting?

7. What role does fate have in Quinn's involvement in the Stillman case? What does Quinn consider to be a sign of fate's decision?

8. In Chapter 12, why does Quinn finally decide to leave the alleyway? Who is the first person he contacts and what information does this person provide?

9. What is the financial and societal status of the Stillman family? Where do the Stillmans come from?

10. In the waiting room, what is the girl's opinion of the William Wilson novel that Quinn wrote? What is Quinn's reaction to her opinion?

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