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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Julius characterize Brussels’ strategy for surviving the second world war?
(a) Remaining neutral.
(b) Collaborating.
(c) Resisting.
(d) Surrendering.

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 portrayal is created in advance by the unconscious of the race.
(c) That the people are responsible for how they are portrayed.
(d) That the people with power control the portrayal.

4. What does Julius say his study at the hospital shows a correlation between?
(a) Depression and suicide.
(b) Exercise and depression.
(c) Diet and heart disease.
(d) Strokes and depression.

5. What does Dr. Maillotte tell Julius she thinks about Ghanaians?
(a) That they are genial.
(b) That they are arrogant.
(c) That they are lazy.
(d) That they are shifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Maillotte say the actual ethnic composition of Brussels is?

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

3. What did Pierre, the bootblack who shines Julius’ shoes, used to do before he became a boot black?

4. How old is Julius?

5. What rule does Julius break, in the memory he recalls in Chapter 10 from having been left at home?

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