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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) Murder of civilians.
(c) Civil wars.
(d) Tyrants.

2. What does Julius’ friend argue for, after Julius’ comments about Dr. Saito’s death?
(a) The right to keep people on respirators.
(b) Euthanasia.
(c) Cancer research.
(d) Right to die laws.

3. What do Julius, Farouq and Farouq’s friend Khalil agree on, in terms of the portrayal of blacks in America and Muslims in Europe?
(a) That one or two men determine how the whole society sees them.
(b) That the people with power control the portrayal.
(c) That the portrayal is created in advance by the unconscious of the race.
(d) That the people are responsible for how they are portrayed.

4. Flying back to New York, Julius remembers having seen the city from a similar vantage point: when looking a vast scale model of the city. Where was that scale model exhibited?
(a) The Smithsonian.
(b) The Louvre.
(c) 1939 World’s Fair.
(d) 1964 World’s Fair.

5. What is the main impression Julius gives of the dream he has at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Panic.
(b) Fear.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Belonging.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julius say his generation is the first generation not to be familiar with?

2. In Chapter 15, where does Dr. Saito tell Julius he is ready to go?

3. What does Julius say about Moji’s beauty, during the picnic in Central Park?

4. What happens after Julius breaks his mother’s rule in Chapter 10?

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

(see the answer key)

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