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

2. Knight is said to have suffered from what malady "since his youth" (149)?
(a) Hair loss.
(b) Poor eyesight.
(c) Poor balance.
(d) Dry skin.

3. How many years after Knight's disappearance did his father die?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

4. What religion or philosophy did Knight practice at the time of his interviews with Finkel?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Atheism.
(c) Stoicism.
(d) Dadaism.

5. How old was the vehicle Knight drove into the forest and abandoned when he went to live in the forest by himself?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) Less than a year.
(d) 25 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of Knight's family did he miss the most during his time living in the wilderness?

2. A forensic psychologist from what state evaluated Knight in conjunction with his criminal case?

3. What was the child in the photograph vilified by Knight doing in the photograph?

4. What title is given as "the only book Knight didn't steal" and "the one he most often saw" (115)?

5. In what year did Kyle McDougle surprise an intruder in his family's cabin who turned out to have been Knight?

Short Essay Questions

1. To which transgressions did Knight admit and which act of wrongdoing did he adamantly deny?

2. How does Knight view the workaday world in the United States?

3. What does the shelf mushroom discussed in Chapter 16 symbolize?

4. Name three steps Knight took each year as winter approached.

5. What real-life example does Finkel use to demonstrate the wide variety of ways in which people respond to solitude?

6. What was Knight's answer when Finkel asked him whether "some grand insight" (140) had been revealed to him during his time living in the forest?

7. What was the main reason why Knight rarely ventured from his campsite during the six months prior to each spring thaw?

8. Provide an explanation of the category of hermits Finkel dubs pursuers and give an example Finkel provides within the text.

9. Define the category of hermits identified as pilgrims and provide one example Finkel gives within the text.

10. Define the category of hermits identified by Finkel as protesters and provide one example.

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