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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julius ransack his parents house looking for, while his mother is gone, in the childhood he remembers?
(a) Money.
(b) Coca-Cola.
(c) Liquor.
(d) Pornography.

2. Where had Dr. Maillotte done her medical training?
(a) New York.
(b) Lagos.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Louvain.

3. When Julius goes to the Munkasci exhibit at the Center of Photography, he thinks of the photographic concept of the “decisive moment” (152). Which photographer coined this term, and philosophy?
(a) Stieglitz.
(b) Cartier-Bresson.
(c) Capa.
(d) Munkasci.

4. What was the subject of the cantatas Julius had heard at Lincoln Center, before coming to visit Dr. Saito?
(a) Tulips.
(b) Cinnamon.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coffee.

5. When Julius sees a bust of poet Paul Claudel, what aspect of Claudel’s legacy does Julius think time will redeem?
(a) Claudel’s financial woes.
(b) Claudel’s collaboration with the Nazis.
(c) Claudel’s treatment of his parents.
(d) Claudel’s writings about Africans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Julius have thought that the Africans in Brussels all came from this one place in Chapter 11?

2. What position is Farouq determined to advocate in his work?

3. What state is Dr. Saito’s helper Mary in when Julius goes to visit his friend in Chapter 15?

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

5. What does Julius say he associated classical music with?

(see the answer key)

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