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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finkel cites a variety of studies showing that what element is toxic to humans?
(a) Stress.
(b) High fructose corn syrup.
(c) Noise.
(d) Plastic.

2. 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?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1987.
(d) 2000.

3. Finkel claims at the end of Chapter 17 that "time amid the silence of nature" (112) makes people what?
(a) More worthy of love.
(b) More grateful.
(c) Calmer.
(d) Smarter.

4. What gesture does Knight recall making at the end of his encounter with the ice fishermen months before his arrest?
(a) A hang loose sign.
(b) A round of applause.
(c) A curtsey.
(d) A bow.

5. Finkel states that the word noise "is derived from" what language "from the word nausea" (112)?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Latin.

6. Which philosopher did Knight admire above all others, according to Finkel?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Socrates.

7. The child in the photograph angrily discussed by Knight had lost an animal due to a collision with what type of vehicle?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A tractor.
(c) A car.
(d) A go-kart.

8. Finkel alludes in Chapter 22 to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and its revelation that which number was "the answer to life, the universe, and everything" (147)?
(a) 16.
(b) 99.
(c) 42.
(d) 36.

9. In what season of each year did Knight hear frogs warbling?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

10. At what time of year did Knight usually embark upon "a brief hiking season" (110)?
(a) Late fall.
(b) Late spring.
(c) Early winter.
(d) Late summer.

11. During what decade did Knight encounter a hiker in the woods and exchange one word with him?
(a) The 1990s.
(b) The 2000s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1980s.

12. What make and model was the vehicle Knight abandoned in the forest when he decided to renounce the world and live in solitude?
(a) Ford Thunderbird.
(b) AMC Eagle.
(c) Jeep Wrangler.
(d) Subaru Brat.

13. According to Finkel, what type of hermit was Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
(a) Pilgrim.
(b) Ascetic.
(c) Protester.
(d) Pursuer.

14. What body of water does Finkel use as a metaphor for the array of names given to hermits throughout history?
(a) Bog.
(b) Lake.
(c) Pond.
(d) Sea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The group of ice fisherman was composed of which members of one family?

2. Who dismantled Knight's campsite, causing him to worry about one living thing within its boundaries?

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

4. How many qualifications does Finkel claim a person must meet in order to be classified as a hermit?

5. Finkel writes, "The United Nations has determined that holding a person in isolation for more than" how many "days is cruel and inhuman punishment" (136)?

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