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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Julius goes to the club Le Panais, where does Julius say he thought all the Africans in Brussels were from?
(a) Congo.
(b) Liberia.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Ethiopia.

2. When Julius goes to see Dr. Saito in the beginning of Chapter 14, what is Dr. Saito having a hard time with?
(a) Bedbugs.
(b) Breathing.
(c) Walking.
(d) Sciatica.

3. What is Julius’ relationship to Moji Kasali?
(a) She is a student from his school in Nigeria.
(b) She is a student from his medical studies.
(c) She is a woman he met on the subway.
(d) She is his one-time best friend’s older sister.

4. When did trading in slaves become a capital crime in the U.S.?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1808.
(d) 1777.

5. 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 the people are responsible for how they are portrayed.
(b) That the portrayal is created in advance by the unconscious of the race.
(c) That the people with power control the portrayal.
(d) That one or two men determine how the whole society sees them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Julius’ field of practice?

2. Whose obituary do the street performers make Julius think of?

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

4. What issue is remarkably absent from Julius, Farouq and Khalil’s discussion of Middle East politics?

5. What does Julius say his experience of his oma’s visit was like, when she came to visit in Nigeria?

(see the answer key)

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