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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers lived in caves on either side of which river?
(a) The Mesopotamia.
(b) The Mississippi.
(c) The Nile.
(d) The Yangtze.

2. Finkel suggests that most hermits throughout history have seceded from society during what period of their lives?
(a) Adolescence.
(b) Middle age.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Old age.

3. From behind what objects did Knight step when Finkel drove up to the Knights' home in Maine?
(a) The bushes.
(b) The chainsaw sculptures.
(c) The French doors.
(d) The gates.

4. What term did Knight use to refer to the bundles of magazines he created by wrapping them with electrical tape?
(a) Tiles.
(b) Bricks.
(c) Carpet.
(d) Linoleum.

5. What was NOT one of the three disorders a state forensic psychologist named in his diagnosis of Knight?
(a) Asperger's disorder.
(b) Depression.
(c) Schizoid personality disorder.
(d) Schizophrenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the map Finkel includes prior to Chapter 1 of The Stranger in the Woods?

2. What action did Finkel ultimately take when he got back to his hotel after hearing about Knight's suicide plan?

3. When the hermit broke into Pine Tree in Chapter 1, he had only three edible items back at his tent. What was NOT one of the edible supplies the hermit had back at his camp?

4. Which historical figure who died in 479 B.C. "seems to have spoken in praise of hermits" (37)?

5. In what season of each year did Knight hear deer walking across the leaves on the forest floor?

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