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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Julius goes to the Munkasci exhibit at the Center of Photography, he thinks of the photographic concept of the “decisive moment” (152). Which photographer coined this term, and philosophy?
(a) Munkasci.
(b) Stieglitz.
(c) Cartier-Bresson.
(d) Capa.

2. What effect does Julius’ father’s death have on Julius’ studies?
(a) He has difficulty managing his family affairs and his studies simultaneously.
(b) He throws himself in and excels.
(c) He is distracted and almost fails out.
(d) He starts to party too much.

3. Where is Open City set?
(a) Long Island.
(b) New York suburbs.
(c) Albany.
(d) New York city.

4. What rule does Julius break, in the memory he recalls in Chapter 10 from having been left at home?
(a) Not to swim without supervision.
(b) Not to drink the soft drinks.
(c) Not to go to town alone.
(d) Not to go outside till his homework is done.

5. What does Julius say the snow-covered city makes him feel in Chapter 14?
(a) Depression.
(b) Stagnation.
(c) Soporific.
(d) Levitation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Julius say he and his mother responded to Julius’ father’s death?

2. What is the main impression Julius gives of the dream he has at the beginning of Chapter 10?

3. What does Dr. Maillotte tell Julius she thinks about Ghanaians?

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

5. How does Julius characterize his feeling when he is watching the marching band in Chinatown in Chapter 16?

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