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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. During their third and final meeting in Chapter 9, what name does Quinn give to Stillman?

2. Where does Quinn go at the beginning of Chapter 13?

3. What is the title of Quinn's book of poetry?

4. The second time Quinn awakens in the small room at the back of the apartment, what does he find waiting for him?

5. According to the information in Chapter 4, who was the Scottish sailor considered to be the model for Robinson Crusoe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Stillman go after leaving Grand Central Station? Why is Quinn surprised by this?

2. What is revealed about Quinn's family in Chapter 1 of City of Glass? Where is his family now?

3. What interests Auster about the authorship of Don Quixote? According to Auster, what was the experiment that Don Quixote was conducting?

4. In Chapter 13, where does Quinn go? What does he do there?

5. Why is Virginia Stillman scared when Quinn calls her at the end of Chapter 9? What makes her think that Stillman may have contacted Peter?

6. What is the financial and societal status of the Stillman family? Where do the Stillmans come from?

7. Why did Stillman invent the persona of Henry Dark? What significance does this name have?

8. According to Stillman's book, where should the new paradise be built? When should this building occur and why then?

9. Describe Stillman's daily routine. What items does he take with him on his daily walks?

10. What is Stillman's project as he explains it to Quinn in Chapter 9? Why is this work necessary?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two symbols from City of Glass and write an essay about how they are used. Give specific examples from the text. How do these symbols reinforce themes from the story?

Essay Topic 2

Identity is a major theme throughout The New York Trilogy. Give one example where identity is confused or a new identity is assumed from each of the three stories. What does this confusion about identity imply about the author's view of reality?

Essay Topic 3

Letters are important objects in The New York Trilogy. How do these objects impulse the action of the narrative? Give two specific examples from The Locked Room.

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