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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Julius say he sees the other people who are around when he is in the atrium above the Wall Street subway station?
(a) As kindly domesticated animals.
(b) As life-size mannequins.
(c) As robots.
(d) As dangerous animals.

2. What is Dr. Maillotte’s connection with Eduoard Empain, who built Heliopolis in Egypt?
(a) Just that she has visited the city.
(b) She is descended from him.
(c) She is married to his grandson.
(d) She knows his grandson.

3. What does Julius say explains the sense of hermeticism in the paintings of John Brewster?
(a) Brewster’s patron’s demands.
(b) Brewster’s deafness.
(c) Brewster’s depression.
(d) The artistic standard of the times.

4. What caused Saidu to flee his country?
(a) His family had died in the war, and he was pressed to work for the army.
(b) The economic collapse made it impossible to find work.
(c) His parents saw the war coming when he was a child and left in advance.
(d) His home was shelled, and he was threatened with death if he stayed.

5. What does Julius notice about people’s clothing, as he takes the subway around the city?
(a) That it is mostly dark colors.
(b) That it reflects numerous cultures.
(c) That it expresses people’s individualism.
(d) That it is extremely variable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet want to talk about, instead of reading poetry, when Julius goes to the 92nd Street Y?

2. When Julius sees a bust of poet Paul Claudel, what aspect of Claudel’s legacy does Julius think time will redeem?

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

4. What does Julius not end up having to tell the woman he has sex with in Brussels?

5. What did Julius get a reputation for, after the affair of Musibau’s stolen newspaper, at the military school?

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