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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. What is Quinn reading when the phone rings?
(a) Shakespeare's Hamlet.
(b) Tolstoy's War and Peace.
(c) Marco Polo's Travels.
(d) Steinbeck's Travels with Charley.

2. According to the end of Chapter 8, what does "El" mean in ancient Hebrew?
(a) God.
(b) Paradise.
(c) Babel.
(d) Myth.

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

4. At the end of Chapter 4, Quinn begins to think of preventing Peter Stillman's murder as personal redemption for his inability to prevent the death of whom?
(a) His dog.
(b) His father.
(c) His son.
(d) His wife.

5. After Quinn figures out the message, how many days does he estimate are left before Stillman makes a move to harm Peter?
(a) Seven days.
(b) Four days.
(c) Two days.
(d) One day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Peter Stillman's profession?

2. Why does Quinn decide not to continue following the second Stillman and to instead turn around and follow the first?

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

4. What is the name of the hotel where Stillman stays?

5. What does Stillman do with the object that he examines during his walks in Chapter 8 of the novel?

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