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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Julius, Farouq and Farouq’s friend Khalil agree on, in terms of the portrayal of blacks in America and Muslims in Europe?
(a) That the portrayal is created in advance by the unconscious of the race.
(b) That the people are responsible for how they are portrayed.
(c) That one or two men determine how the whole society sees them.
(d) That the people with power control the portrayal.

2. What question does Julius say he wakes up with, from his dream at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Whether he has a partner.
(b) Whether he is really awake.
(c) Whether his father is still alive.
(d) Whether his mother is really calling him.

3. What is Dr. Maillotte reading on the flight with Julius?
(a) Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking.
(b) Sontag’s essays.
(c) Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition.
(d) Sartre’s The Nausea.

4. How does Julius describe the expression of the Welcomers when they get to the immigrant detention facility?
(a) Beatific.
(b) Grave.
(c) Patient.
(d) Concerned.

5. What does Julius say he was sent to the Nigerian Military School to get?
(a) Technical training.
(b) A liberal arts education.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Medical training.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of luck does Julius have in finding his oma while in Brussels?

2. What does Julius say his study at the hospital shows a correlation between?

3. Where is Open City set?

4. What position is Farouq determined to advocate in his work?

5. What does Julius say he is struck by, in Farouq’s goals?

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