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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. How did Knight stay abreast of world events during his 27-year stint living in the woods?
(a) He called strangers.
(b) He listened to the radio.
(c) He eavesdropped on vacationing families.
(d) He watched television.

2. What objects does Finkel use within metaphorical depictions of the Northern Lights?
(a) Waves.
(b) Milkshakes.
(c) Shutters.
(d) Drapes.

3. How many qualifications does Finkel claim a person must meet in order to be classified as a hermit?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

5. How many times did Knight claim to have prayed to a deity during his time living in the wilderness?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tanks of propane did Knight require during a single winter so that he could melt snow for drinking water?

2. What single word did Knight say to the hiker he encountered within the first decade of his time living in the forest?

3. When Finkel asked Knight for the "grand insight" that may have been "revealed to him in the wild," (147) what element does Knight say is crucial?

4. 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?

5. During what season did Knight encounter a group of ice fishermen and make a pact with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Knight revere Socrates?

2. In what way does the theme of isolation arise within Chapter 14 of the text?

3. Describe the significance of the National Geographic photograph discussed in Chapter 13.

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

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

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

7. Explain the physiological theory Finkel discusses that focuses on the therapeutic effects of silence on humans.

8. What point does Finkel make about the difference between Knight's life timeline and the timelines of other hermits throughout history?

9. In what way does the theme of regret enter the narrative at least once before Chapter 14?

10. How did Knight maintain knowledge of the world around him, though he only came into contact with a total of four humans over 27 years?

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