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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. According to Stillman's book, how many years elapsed between the Flood and the Tower of Babel?
2. What does Quinn do to alleviate his boredom while following Stillman?
3. What does Quinn find when he returns to his apartment?
4. Where did Virginia and Peter Stillman meet?
5. What is Quinn reading when the phone rings?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the relationship between Quinn and the counterman at the luncheonette. What interest unites them?
2. According to Peter, what was his father's motivation for locking him up in the dark for so many years? Was he successful?
3. In Chapter 11, what does Quinn write about in the red notebook? According to his observations, what is the social hierarchy of the vagabond population like?
4. What is Stillman's theory about having children? What is the correlation between having children and knowledge?
5. At the end of Chapter 13, what does the narrator reveal about himself? How did he become involved in the story?
6. In the waiting room, what is the girl's opinion of the William Wilson novel that Quinn wrote? What is Quinn's reaction to her opinion?
7. What is the first thing that Quinn writes in the red notebook? Why is this significant?
8. What interests Auster about the authorship of Don Quixote? According to Auster, what was the experiment that Don Quixote was conducting?
9. 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?
10. What role does fate have in Quinn's involvement in the Stillman case? What does Quinn consider to be a sign of fate's decision?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of the title, Ghosts? Who are the ghosts that Blue and Black discuss that are all around in New York? What are some examples of haunted men in that story?
Essay Topic 2
Fate is a significant theme in City of Glass. Give two examples of coincidences that Quinn attributes to fate. How does fate as an explanation justify Quinn's actions?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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