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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. Why would Julius have thought that the Africans in Brussels all came from this one place in Chapter 11?
(a) Because of Belgium’s colonial relationship with that country.
(b) Because of Belgium’s selective immigration policies.
(c) Because Belgium had adopted an open borders policy for refugees.
(d) Because Belgium had agreed to resettle refugees from the civil war there.

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

3. 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 hands on him.
(b) The tailor’s patient listening.
(c) The tailor’s assistant’s kind words.
(d) The tailor’s words of advice.

4. What does Julius say bound him to the boys who beat him up and rob him, the first time he saw them?
(a) Being men.
(b) Being New Yorkers.
(c) Africanness.
(d) Blackness.

5. How does Julius characterize the effect Mahler’s symphony has on him?
(a) It stills his thoughts.
(b) It floods his heart with feelings.
(c) It fills him with visions.
(d) It filled his heart with light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julius say the boys who beat him up and robbed him were intent on doing?

2. What does Dr. Saito die of?

3. What is Julius’ response to Moji telling him that he forced himself on her when they were young?

4. Whose obituary do the street performers make Julius think of?

5. What constant struggle does Julius exclaim on, after protecting the woman and her baby from the wind-blown construction barriers on rue Philippe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Saito tell Julius when he visits him in his illness?

2. What is the postcard Julius keeps on the corkboard behind his desk?

3. How does Julius react to Dr. Saito’s death?

4. What is the leap in time and setting that has taken place between chapters 20 and 21?

5. How is Julius affected by V.’s death?

6. How is Julius affected by his thoughts about slavery in New York?

7. Why has Julius missed Dr. Saito’s death?

8. What does Julius say his relationship with winter is like?

9. How does Julius say that he reacted when he saved the boy’s life who had been about to drown?

10. How does Julius explain his views about psychiatry to his friend?

(see the answer keys)

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