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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A forensic psychologist from what state evaluated Knight in conjunction with his criminal case?
(a) Maine.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New York.

2. To what journalistic transgression did Finkel admit in an effort to "engender a sense of connection" (40) with Knight?
(a) The submission of a story under a pseudonym.
(b) The creation of a totally fabricated story.
(c) The creation of a composite character.
(d) The act of bribery.

3. Which magazine does Knight profess to hate, according to Finkel?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Cosmopolitan.
(c) National Geographic.
(d) Playboy.

4. Finkel makes a distinction in Chapter 22 between solitude and what other element?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Terror.
(c) Angst.
(d) Emptiness.

5. Which comedian did Knight claim to hate while discussing one of his psychological diagnoses?
(a) Steve Carell.
(b) Groucho Marx.
(c) Jerry Lewis.
(d) Mitch Hedberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many feet high was the high point of Knight's A-frame structure in which he lived for 27 years?

2. In Knight's final letter to Finkel, he took which action for the first and only time?

3. How did Knight stay abreast of world events during his 27-year stint living in the woods?

4. Of what type of material was the barrier composed that separated Knight and Finkel during their visits at the jail?

5. Many locals disbelieved Knight's story because an ice storm that took place in what year would surely have killed him if he had been out there?

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