Think you’ve got your head wrapped around If on a winter's night a traveler? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What object symbolizes Silas Flannery's male gaze and feeds his desire to write an ideal book?
His bathroom mirror
His spyglass
His silver cane
His grandfather's pocket watch
Q. According to the boy scouts, what supernatural agent is sending messages through Silas Flannery's writings?
God
Ghosts of dead writers
Extraterrestrials
The "Spirit of the Age"
Q. What do trains primarily symbolize in this book?
The triumph of modern technology
Stories that are supposed to move along a clear path
A sense of community
Boredom
Q. What does Lotaria's story-analyzing machine primarily symbolize?
A more efficient way of reading stories
That a story is just a system of moving parts, like a car
That Irnerio was right to stop reading
The destruction of proper reading pleasure
Q. What is symbolized by Ermes Marana's account of the Father of Stories?
The translator's delight in making stuff up
The total nonsense behind storytelling
The fantasy of a true origin for all stories
The meaninglessness of life