Paul Auster - His Novels

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1. Which Paul Auster novel starts with the ominous lines: "One day there is life. [...] And then, suddenly, it happens there is death"? "In the Country of Last Things" "City of Glass" "The Invention of Solitude" "Moon Palace"

2. What is the special talent of Walter Rawley, the main character in "Mr. Vertigo"? Juggling Tightrope walking Flying Jumping off of high buildings

3. When Pozzi loses Nash's money in a poker game with reclusive millionaires Stone and Flower in "The Music of Chance", they work of their debt by doing what? Dig up the garden Build a wall Clean the house and cook food Read stories

4. Before "Reservoir Dogs", Auster wrote a story in which all the characters are named after a color. What is the name of the story? "The Locked Room" "Ghosts" "Blue in the Face" "Hand to Mouth"

5. "Timbuktu" has a dog as its main character. He is called Mr.Bones, but what's the name of his master? Thomas Effing Marco Stanley Fogg Samual Farr Willy G. Christmas

6. What is the "Moon Palace" in the novel of that name? A palace in China visited by the narrator A Chinese restaurant in New York A casino in Las Vegas A building in one of the narrator's dreams

7. What is the name of the city in which "In the Country of Last Things" is set? Boston Berlin It is never named by name New York

8. How is Benjamin Sachs in "Leviathan" killed? A bomb explosion A car crash He is shot A heart attack

9. Paul Auster wrote the scripts for 3 movies: "Smoke", "Blue in the Face" and "Lulu on the Bridge". Only one of Paul Auster's novels was made into a movie. Which one? "Leviathan" "Moon Palace" "The Music of Chance" "Mr. Vertigo"

10. Paul Auster appears as two different characters in one of his books. Which book? "The Locked Room" "Leviathan" "Moon Palace" "City of Glass"