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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What issue is remarkably absent from Julius, Farouq and Khalil’s discussion of Middle East politics?
(a) Oil.
(b) Civil wars.
(c) Murder of civilians.
(d) Tyrants.

2. What question does Julius say he wakes up with, from his dream at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Whether his father is still alive.
(b) Whether he has a partner.
(c) Whether his mother is really calling him.
(d) Whether he is really awake.

3. What is Julius’ field of practice?
(a) Geriatrics.
(b) Oncology.
(c) Psychiatry.
(d) Psychology.

4. When Julius sees children on a playground on his way home from the appointment with his accountant in Chapter 13, what does he say the creak-creak of the swings signifies to them?
(a) That they are having fun.
(b) That they are surrounded by familiar things.
(c) That they need to be careful.
(d) That their parents are there to push them.

5. While Julius watches the snowflakes come down after meeting with his accountant in Chapter 13, he feels a furious sense of what?
(a) Harmony.
(b) Well-being.
(c) Imbalance.
(d) Homesickness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of weather does Julius escape when he goes into the American Folk Art Museum?

3. What do Julius’ thoughts about the Africans he had seen in Le Panais make him think about the cleaning woman in the church?

4. Who wrote the cantatas Julius had heard at Lincoln Center, before coming to visit Dr. Saito?

5. What is Julius’ relationship to Moji Kasali?

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