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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Julius treating M. for?
(a) Suicidal thoughts.
(b) Delusions.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Depression.

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

3. Why does Julius say he is hesitant to call Nadège in Chapter 12?
(a) Because he does not want to admit that he made too much of their relationship.
(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 is not ready to apologize to her yet.

4. What kind of weather does Julius escape when he goes into the American Folk Art Museum?
(a) Torrential rain.
(b) Hail and thunder.
(c) Driving snow.
(d) Blinding sunshine.

5. 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) Cartier-Bresson.
(b) Munkasci.
(c) Stieglitz.
(d) Capa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Julius go to Notre Dame de la Chapelle?

2. How does Julius describe sex with this tourist whose name he does not know?

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

4. What is the title Teju Cole gives to Part 2 of Open City, beginning with Chapter 12?

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

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