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It is difficult to fit the work of Paul Auster into a neat category, combining as he does traditional crime fiction, absurdism, and an existential search for meaning in life.
2 Paul Auster quizzes and 20 Paul Auster trivia questions.
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  "Leviathan" by Paul Auster    
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"Leviathan" tells the story of writer, activist and philosopher Benjamin Sachs, through the recollections of his friend and fellow writer, Peter Aaron.
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  Paul Auster - His Novels    
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Just a few questions about the work of one of my favorite authors.
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Paul Auster Trivia Questions
1. "Six days ago a man blew himself up by the side of a road in northern Wisconsin." So begins "Leviathan" as narrated by writer, Peter Aaron. What was found at the site of the explosion that brought the FBI to Aaron's door?

From Quiz "Leviathan" by Paul Auster

Answer: Aaron's phone number

The novel begins shortly after Aaron receives a visit from the FBI men. Knowing that the dead man is almost certainly his friend, Benjamin Sachs, Aaron retreats to the outhouse to begin writing Sachs' life story, hoping to finish before the FBI works out the truth.

2. Which Paul Auster novel starts with the ominous lines: "One day there is life. [...] And then, suddenly, it happens there is death"?

From Quiz Paul Auster - His Novels

Answer: "The Invention of Solitude"

"The Invention of Solitude" is about his father's sudden death.

3. Sachs and Aaron meet for the first time in a New York bar in the middle of a snowstorm in 1975. Aside from the barman, they are the only people in the bar. Why were they there?

From Quiz "Leviathan" by Paul Auster

Answer: They had both been asked to perform a recital of their work

When the weather closed in, Aaron suspected that the event would be called off but, as he had forgotten to take the number of the literary agent who had booked him, he traveled in the hope that it was still going ahead. On arriving, he was told by the barman that the event was cancelled with the words, "Poetry's a beautiful thing, but it's hardly worth freezing for." As Aaron drank a bourbon to warm himself for the long journey home, a dishevelled beanpole of a man walked in asking if the recital was still on. On being given the same response by the barman, he walked over to Aaron and introduced himself as Ben Sachs. Sachs revealed that the reason Aaron had been invited was down to him. He had recently discovered his work in a number of journals and felt he had to meet him. Thus, their friendship began.

4. What is the special talent of Walter Rawley, the main character in "Mr. Vertigo"?

From Quiz Paul Auster - His Novels

Answer: Flying

He learns to fly from Master Yehudi.

5. 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?

From Quiz Paul Auster - His Novels

Answer: Build a wall

The wall is to be built from the stones of an ancient Irish castle.

6. As Sachs and Aaron became firm friends, they introduced each other to their respective wives. To his embarrassment, Aaron realised that he had met Ben's wife Fanny before. From where did he know her?

From Quiz "Leviathan" by Paul Auster

Answer: They were students together at Columbia University

Aaron was particular embarrassed because he had been attracted to Fanny, with whom he shared several lectures, despite the ring on her finger. It came as a shock, when they were introduced, to discover that the missing husband that he had envied in the past turned out to be his new best friend.

7. "Timbuktu" has a dog as its main character. He is called Mr.Bones, but what's the name of his master?

From Quiz Paul Auster - His Novels

Answer: Willy G. Christmas

Born William Gurevitch, he changes his name when Santa Claus visits him in a vision and urges him to "embody the spirit of Christmas every day of the year".

8. What is the "Moon Palace" in the novel of that name?

From Quiz Paul Auster - His Novels

Answer: A Chinese restaurant in New York

The narrator can see the sign of the restaurant from his apartment and the neon light transforms his room into "a site of inwardness".

9. What is the name of the city in which "In the Country of Last Things" is set?

From Quiz Paul Auster - His Novels

Answer: It is never named by name

Auster never refers to either the country or the city by name, nor does he tell us what caused the devastation of the city.

10. How is Benjamin Sachs in "Leviathan" killed?

From Quiz Paul Auster - His Novels

Answer: A bomb explosion

The first line of the book explains how Sachs died when a bomb exploded in his car.

11. 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?

From Quiz Paul Auster - His Novels

Answer: "The Music of Chance"

Starring James Spader and released in 1993.

12. Paul Auster appears as two different characters in one of his books. Which book?

From Quiz Paul Auster - His Novels

Answer: "City of Glass"

Paul Auster is both the never seen detective as well as the writer who finds the notebooks of Quinn, the main character.

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