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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What adjective does Finkel use to describe his journalistic past?
(a) Terrifying.
(b) Flawed.
(c) Courageous.
(d) Ambitious.

3. The parcel of land on which Knight's campsite sat contained how many acres in total?
(a) 80.
(b) 220.
(c) 20.
(d) 140.

4. Chapter 11 begins with which two words when Finkel finally finds the location of Knight's campsite?
(a) My goodness.
(b) No way.
(c) My word.
(d) Holy cow.

5. The epigraph of The Stranger in the Woods consists of a quote by which famous philosopher?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Hippocrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. The transgression to which Knight admitted involved a journalism story about what issue?

2. What object is named in Chapter 1 as being "not allowed, not once," for a hermit who is "truly committed" (3)?

3. How old was Hughes at the time he apprehended the hermit?

4. Which objects are NOT mentioned as part of the list of "constants" (23) in terms of the items Knight always stole?

5. To what journalistic transgression did Finkel admit in an effort to "engender a sense of connection" (40) with Knight?

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