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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through City of Glass, Chapter 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which two continental philosophers does the narrator credit the concept of the "noble savage"?
(a) Hume and Kant.
(b) Nietzsche and Heidigger.
(c) Milton and Dark.
(d) Locke and Rousseau.

2. What was Virginia Stillman's profession before she married Peter?
(a) University professor.
(b) Speech therapist.
(c) Private detective.
(d) Librarian.

3. How are the two men resembling the photograph of Stillman distinguishable?
(a) One of them has fewer wrinkles.
(b) They are dressed differently.
(c) One of them has brown hair.
(d) They are of different heights.

4. Why does Quinn decide not to continue following the second Stillman and to instead turn around and follow the first?
(a) He flipped a coin.
(b) He was following the second man out of spite.
(c) He lost sight of the second Stillman.
(d) He began to doubt that Stillman would be so elegant.

5. According to Stillman's book, what was the biblical Adam's only task in the Garden of Eden?
(a) To sleep.
(b) To reproduce.
(c) To eat.
(d) To invent language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Quinn use for the first drafts of all of his writing?

2. What does Quinn do for a living?

3. Who is the author of The New Babel?

4. What is Quinn wearing when he first begins writing notes about the Stillman case in Chapter 5?

5. When Quinn first meets Peter Stillman, what color does he associate with him?

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