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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Maillotte, Julius’ seat partner, envy about Julius?
(a) His ability to fall asleep.
(b) His patience.
(c) His appetite.
(d) His short legs.

2. How does Julius characterize the city when he comes out of the Wall Street subway stop?
(a) A rough draft.
(b) A palimpsest.
(c) A miniature model.
(d) A living entity.

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

4. What constant struggle does Julius exclaim on, after protecting the woman and her baby from the wind-blown construction barriers on rue Philippe?
(a) To be in the right place at the right time.
(b) To do good things in the world.
(c) To find ways to interact with fellow people.
(d) To modulate the internal environment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Julius describe sex with this tourist whose name he does not know?

2. How does Julius characterize the work he does when he is redoing the lab work for the paper he has written?

3. What is the first of Farouq’s two projects?

4. At what age was Julius sent to boarding school?

5. What does Julius say is the greatest trial Dr. Saito has endured?

(see the answer key)

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