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Paul Auster - His Novels Trivia Quiz

Just a few questions about the work of one of my favorite authors.

A multiple-choice quiz by case2. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
case2

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
86,551

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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337

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Question 1 of 10

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

"The Invention of Solitude"

"Moon Palace"

"City of Glass"

"In the Country of Last Things"

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Question 2 of 10

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

Tightrope walking

Flying

Jumping off of high buildings

Juggling

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Question 3 of 10

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? Hint

Dig up the garden

Build a wall

Clean the house and cook food

Read stories

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Question 4 of 10

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? Hint

"Hand to Mouth"

"The Locked Room"

"Ghosts"

"Blue in the Face"

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Question 5 of 10

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

Thomas Effing

Marco Stanley Fogg

Samual Farr

Willy G. Christmas

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Question 6 of 10

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

A building in one of the narrator's dreams

A palace in China visited by the narrator

A Chinese restaurant in New York

A casino in Las Vegas

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Question 7 of 10

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

Boston

Berlin

It is never named by name

New York

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Question 8 of 10

8. How is Benjamin Sachs in "Leviathan" killed? Hint

He is shot

A heart attack

A car crash

A bomb explosion

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Question 9 of 10

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? Hint

"Moon Palace"

"Leviathan"

"Mr. Vertigo"

"The Music of Chance"

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Question 10 of 10

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

"The Locked Room"

"Leviathan"

"Moon Palace"

"City of Glass"

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

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

Answer: "The Invention of Solitude"

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

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

Answer: Flying

He learns to fly from Master Yehudi.

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?

Answer: Build a wall

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

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?

Answer: "Ghosts"

Part of "The New York Trilogy". There's Blue, White, Black and Brown.

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

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".

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

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".

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

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.

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

Answer: A bomb explosion

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

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?

Answer: "The Music of Chance"

Starring James Spader and released in 1993.

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

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.

Source: Author case2

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