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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first of Farouq’s two projects?
(a) To undermine the European Union.
(b) To return home.
(c) To finish his studies.
(d) To bring his family to Brussels.

2. What does the Wall Street subway station remind Julius of?
(a) A catacomb.
(b) A mall.
(c) A bomb shelter.
(d) A cathedral.

3. What is Julius’ stance on global warming?
(a) He is a strenuous denier.
(b) He is a believer.
(c) He is a skeptical believer.
(d) He is a doubter.

4. How old is the Czechoslovakian tourist Julius has a one-night encounter with?
(a) 28.
(b) 40.
(c) 55.
(d) 50.

5. What does Julius say fatigues him about boarding the plane?
(a) Containing his heartbreak over a scared child.
(b) Holding his tongue while he is interrogated by the FBI.
(c) Remaining patient after numerous delays.
(d) Controlling his anger at boarding agents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does Julius say his curtness has on the waitress who brings him coffee in Grand Sablon?

2. On his way home from the cinema, who does Julius have a presentiment about seeing again?

3. What is Julius’ (unnamed) friend’s field of expertise?

4. What does the local bishop say in response to the event that has created controversy in Brussels when Julius arrives there?

5. What did Pierre, the bootblack who shines Julius’ shoes, used to do before he became a boot black?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Julius say he ended up at the Nigerian Military School, when his father was not a soldier?

2. What is the feeling Julius wakes up from his dream with, in the beginning of Chapter 10, in his first days in Brussels?

3. How does Julius describe his encounter with the Czechoslovakian tourist he meets in the café?

4. What theme emerges in the clothing Julius notices on the people all around him in his wanderings through the city at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. What kind of trip does Julius make to Brussels?

6. Who does Julius imagine he sees, as he enters Brussels?

7. What does Julius contemplate doing when he thinks about his patient, M., at the boat basin behind the World Financial Center?

8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Teju Cole’s internal, peripatetic style in Open City?

9. How does Farouq surprise Julius?

10. What is Julius’ relationship with his oma like?

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