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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Julius’ (unnamed) friend’s field of expertise?
(a) Literature.
(b) Psychology.
(c) History.
(d) Earth sciences.

2. How does Julius characterize the work he does when he is redoing the lab work for the paper he has written?
(a) Careless.
(b) Shoddy.
(c) Meticulous.
(d) Exacting.

3. What hospital does Julius work at?
(a) Columbia Presbyterian.
(b) NYU Medical Center.
(c) Mt. Sinai.
(d) Cabrini.

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

5. What kind of music does Julius say he listens to?
(a) Classic rock.
(b) Classical.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Rock.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. How old is Julius?

4. Whose music does Julius hear that causes him to stop shopping and sit and listen in the Tower Records?

5. What does Julius say explains the sense of hermeticism in the paintings of John Brewster?

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