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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. In Chapter 2, who greets Quinn at the apartment door?
(a) Max Work.
(b) Peter Stillman.
(c) Virginia Stillman.
(d) Paul Auster.

2. Who held Peter Stillman captive in the dark room for nine years?
(a) His wife.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

3. Where did Virginia and Peter Stillman meet?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) At a party.
(c) At school.
(d) On vacation.

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

5. What is Peter Stillman's profession?
(a) He is an engineer.
(b) He is a teacher.
(c) He is a firefighter.
(d) He is a poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the telephone conversation at the end of Chapter 1, why does the caller need Quinn to protect him?

2. To which two continental philosophers does the narrator credit the concept of the "noble savage"?

3. How are the two men resembling the photograph of Stillman distinguishable?

4. Which text does Stillman use as the basis of his argument about the fall of man in his book?

5. What does Peter Stillman have in common with Quinn's son?

(see the answer key)

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