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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through City of Glass, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Quinn go to read Stillman's book?
(a) The Columbia Library.
(b) The Stillman's apartment.
(c) The bookstore.
(d) Central Park.

2. Who is the author of The New Babel?
(a) Daniel Quinn.
(b) John Milton.
(c) Henry Dark.
(d) Peter Stillman.

3. What is Quinn's pseudonym?
(a) Thomas Williams.
(b) Peter Stillman.
(c) William Wilson.
(d) Max Work.

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

5. In Chapter 8, what is the message spelled out by the letters of the maps?
(a) THE MYTH OF PARADISE.
(b) THE NEW BABEL.
(c) THE MYTH OF BABEL.
(d) THE TOWER OF BABEL.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Quinn the second time the telephone rings?

2. What item does Stillman carry with him on his daily walks?

3. Whom does Peter Stillman fear is going to murder him?

4. In Chapter 2, who greets Quinn at the apartment door?

5. What does Virginia Stillman do after she walks Quinn to the door in Chapter 3?

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