The People of Paper Quiz

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The story of Cardinal Mahony echoes that of which character, and why? (from Part 3, Chapters 25 and 26)

Apolonio: the life of each character was changed as the result of each man rejecting a call to become a person of God.

Saturn: the life of each man was changed as a result of loving, and winning, a woman.

Federico: the life of each man was changed as the result of loving, and losing, a woman.

Little Merced: the life of each character was changed as a result of accepting the call to become a person of God.

Given what has transpired earlier, particularly between Saturn / Plascencia and Smiley, what do you think is the reason why Saturn’s columns in the early part of this section (Part 3, Chapter 15) are blank? (from Part 3, “The Sky is Falling”, Chapter 15)

Smiley had convinced Saturn / Plascencia to focus on another piece of writing: the blank columns suggest that he has.

Smiley had made Saturn / Plascencia promise to not influence the lives of the characters any more: the blank columns suggest that he has.

Saturn / Plascencia had earlier said he was sick of the characters: the blank columns suggest that he has left them to their own devices.

Saturn / Plascencia had earlier said he was abandoning the novel: the blank columns suggest that he has.

At the end of Part 2, Chapter 10 and 11, what detail in the story of Jonathan Mead suggests that Cameroon is the daughter he is searching for? (from Part 2, Chapters 10 and 11)

The reference to his daughter, like Cameroon, being with a man whose daughter is addicted to limes.

The reference to his daughter, like Cameroon, being invited to stay at a honeymoon resort.

The reference to his daughter, like Cameroon, being with a man who has two identities.

The reference to his daughter, like Cameroon, visiting the ninth wonder of the world.

Which characters are unaffected by lead poisoning? (from Part 3, Chapter 20, Section 1)

Smiley and Apolonio.

Little Merced and Sandra.

Sandra and Smiley.

Apolonio and Little Merced.

Aside from the parallel with Federico's self-burning, what other character / situation does Cameroon's relationship with bees echo, and why? (from Part 2, Chapters 10 and 11)

It echoes the silence of the Baby Nostradamus: both are the result of an inability to speak because of overwhelming pain.

It echoes Smiley's habit of smoking: both are a kind of self-destructive addiction.

It echoes Little Merced's habit of eating limes: both are a kind of self-destructive addiction.

It echoes Julieta's relationship with her father: both are the result of long-standing, abusive situations.