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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. What does Quinn like to do most in his free time?
2. Where is Quinn the second time the telephone rings?
3. What do Quinn and the counterman at the luncheonette commonly converse about?
4. Where is the Stillman family from?
5. Why does Quinn decide not to continue following the second Stillman and to instead turn around and follow the first?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is revealed about Quinn's family in Chapter 1 of City of Glass? Where is his family now?
2. What is the first thing that Quinn writes in the red notebook? Why is this significant?
3. What does Quinn believe is the key to effective detective work? Does his theory prove to be correct? Why or why not?
4. Why did Stillman invent the persona of Henry Dark? What significance does this name have?
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. According to Stillman's book, where should the new paradise be built? When should this building occur and why then?
7. Describe the relationship between Quinn and the counterman at the luncheonette. What interest unites them?
8. In Chapter 13, where does Quinn go? What does he do there?
9. According to Peter, what was his father's motivation for locking him up in the dark for so many years? Was he successful?
10. At the end of Chapter 13, what does the narrator reveal about himself? How did he become involved in the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the role of violence in The New York Trilogy? Is violence a significant theme in all three stories? Why or why not? Give specific examples from the text.
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
Maps are important objects in City of Glass. How are maps used in this story? What is the symbolic association between maps and exploration as it relates to the character of Stillman?
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