Moon Palace 1-2

Chapters 1 and 2

TRIVIAL

How much do you know about Moon Palace by Paul AUSTER?

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question 1/14

When and where does the narrator first situate his story?

Chicago, summer 1969

San Francisco, spring 1917

NYC, summer 1969

chapters 1 & 2 - question 1/14

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At the beginning, the story is said to take place in New York City during the summer when man first walked on the moon (July 20th 1969).

question 2/14

what is the name of the narrator

Marco George Fogg

Marco Stanley Fogg

Victor Fogg

question 2/14

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The narrator's name is Marco Stanley Fogg.

question 3/14

How old is the narrator when he starts telling his story?

22 years old

11 years old

18 years old

question 3/14

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Marco Stanley Fogg was 18 when he arrived in NYC in the fall of 1965, so he is 22 in the summer of 1969.

question 4/14

What is Marco's family situation?

Both his parents died, he was raised by his grandmother.

He was raised by his father because his mother died when he was a kid.

His mother died when he was 11, he never knew his father and was raised by his uncle.

question 4/14

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His mother died, run over by a bus, when he was 11. He never knew his father with whom she was not married. He was raised by his mother's brother, uncle Victor.

question 5/14

What nickname does his uncle give Marco?

Marco Phileas

Marco Mickey

Marco Solomon

question 5/14

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His uncle nicknames Marco Phileas as a reference to the main character in Around the World in 80 days. According to his uncle, Marco is bound to live great adventures like Phileas.

question 6/14

What is the Moon Palace?

The title of one of the novels uncle Victor gives to Marco

A Chinese restaurant

A music band

QUESTION 6/14

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The Moon Palace is a Chinese restaurant, whose neon sign Marco can see from his new apartment. This discovery sets him on a transformative journey of self-discovery and prompts him to question his identity as he seeks connections with his own life.

question 7/14

What happens to Uncle Victor?

He gets married

He has an accident

He dies

question 7/14

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Uncle Victor is found dead in his apartment in Boise, Idaho, as he was about to leave for NYC.

question 8/14

What does Marco decide to do as a way of mourning his uncle?

To start playing the clarinet

To read his uncle's books

To settle in Boise

question 8/14

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In an attempt to connect with his late uncle, Marco immerses himself in Victor's world. He reads Victor's books, studies his writings and artwork, and tries to understand his uncle's passions and interests.

question 9/14

How does Marco manage to earn a little money?

He sells his uncle's books after reading them

He plays in a band

He sells his clothes

question 9/14

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Marco sells the 1492 books inherited from his uncle off to a man called Chandler. He sells the very last book on the day men walked on the moon.

question 10/14

How does Marco meet Kitty Wu?

When trying to find his friend Zimmer, at his former apartment

At the university library

When having lunch at the Moon Palace restaurant

question 10/14

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Marco tries to find his friend Zimmer and calls in at his apartment to learn that Zimmer has left and someone else lives there. He walks in to a breakfast party and is introduced to Kitty Wu, who wears the same t-shirt as him.

question 11/14

At the end of chapter 1, Marco is evicted from his apartment. Where does he find shelter?

In Central Park

At Kitty's apartment

In a flophouse

question 11/14

Right answer!

Marco decides to stay in Central Park.

question 12/14

How long does he stay there?

3 weeks

3 days

3 months

QUESTION 12/14

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He spends about 3 weeks in Central Park.

question 13/14

Marco catches a fever. What does he decide to do then?

He finds a doctor

He looks for Kitty and Zimmer

He hides in a natural cave in Central Park

question 13/14

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He hides in a sort of natural cave in Central Park for 2 or 3 days, having blocked the entrance with twigs and branches.

question 14/14

Who finally rescues him?

The superintendent of his old apartment

Kitty Wu and David Zimmer

John Smith

question 14/14

Right answer!

Kitty Wu and Marco's old roommate, David Zimmer, are the ones who find him in Central Park.

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