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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Julius’ reaction when he sees Hasidic Jews looking at Munkasci’s images of Goebbels?
(a) He feels compelled to leave.
(b) He focuses on their young children.
(c) He becomes quiet inside and very attentive.
(d) He goes to talk to them.

2. What does Julius say he felt comforted by when he went to the tailor’s shop to get clothes for his father’s funeral?
(a) The tailor’s patient listening.
(b) The tailor’s assistant’s kind words.
(c) The tailor’s hands on him.
(d) The tailor’s words of advice.

3. What is Julius’ reaction to Dr. Saito telling him that he is ready to die in Chapter 15?
(a) He sits mute and still.
(b) He holds his hand.
(c) He calls the nurse.
(d) He rushes out.

4. Why does Julius say he is hesitant to call Nadège in Chapter 12?
(a) Because he is not ready to apologize to her yet.
(b) Because he is still angry about the way she left him so suddenly.
(c) Because he still does not understand why they split up.
(d) Because he does not want to admit that he made too much of their relationship.

5. Where does Julius find out most Africans in Brussels actually come from?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Tunisia.
(c) Rwanda.
(d) Swaziland.

6. What is the title Teju Cole gives to Part 2 of Open City, beginning with Chapter 12?
(a) Mother, where are you?
(b) Alone in the fog.
(c) I have searched myself.
(d) The world still exists.

7. How many times does Julius try his PIN in various cash machines before he gives up in Chapter 13?
(a) Six or eight.
(b) A dozen.
(c) Five.
(d) Two or three.

8. How old does Julius say he was when his father died?
(a) 22.
(b) 27.
(c) 18.
(d) 14.

9. What kind of music does the band play, that marches past the store where Julius stops in Chinatown in Chapter 16?
(a) A dirge.
(b) A march.
(c) A fugue.
(d) A jazz classic.

10. What does Julius forget to take to his appointment with his accountant in Chapter 13?
(a) His pen.
(b) His checkbook.
(c) His ID card.
(d) His tax forms.

11. When Julius sees a police officer’ with a handgun in his travels, what does he say he envies about the gun?
(a) Its passivity.
(b) Its unaccountability.
(c) Its murderousness.
(d) Its lack of ambiguity.

12. How does Julius regard the Africans he sees in Chapter 11, once he finds out where they really come from?
(a) Suspiciously.
(b) Joyously.
(c) Spitefully.
(d) Angrily.

13. Who wrote the cantatas Julius had heard at Lincoln Center, before coming to visit Dr. Saito?
(a) Rachmaninov.
(b) Tchaikovsky.
(c) Bach.
(d) Stravinsky.

14. What state is Dr. Saito’s helper Mary in when Julius goes to visit his friend in Chapter 15?
(a) Ill with a cold.
(b) Furious.
(c) Heavily pregnant.
(d) Distraught.

15. What topic does Dr. Saito ask Julius to read the complete articles about, instead of stopping after two paragraphs?
(a) Palestinian rights.
(b) Environmental activism.
(c) Gay marriage.
(d) The economy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Julius goes to the club Le Panais, where does Julius say he thought all the Africans in Brussels were from?

2. Where were Julius and Moji when Moji said he forced himself on her?

3. What does the clerk at the post office share with Julius in Chapter 16?

4. Who does Julius feel watched by as he goes to the post office in Chapter 16?

5. What does Julius say the Statue of Liberty served as until 1902?

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