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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. Which text does Stillman use as the basis of his argument about the fall of man in his book?
(a) Milton's Paradise Lost.
(b) Flaubert's Madame Bovary.
(c) Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.
(d) Dante's Divine Comedy.

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

3. 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 wife.
(b) His dog.
(c) His father.
(d) His son.

4. What was Virginia Stillman's profession before she married Peter?
(a) Private detective.
(b) Speech therapist.
(c) Librarian.
(d) University professor.

5. Why does Quinn decide not to continue following the second Stillman and to instead turn around and follow the first?
(a) He began to doubt that Stillman would be so elegant.
(b) He was following the second man out of spite.
(c) He flipped a coin.
(d) He lost sight of the second Stillman.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 1, what is the event that occasions the meeting between Quinn and Stillman?

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