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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Julius?
(a) 32.
(b) 28.
(c) 38.
(d) 22.

2. What does Nadège tell Julius when he calls her with news of Dr. Saito’s death?
(a) She tells him she is engaged.
(b) She tells him she is sorry to hear that.
(c) She tells him that she wants him back.
(d) She tells him she will come back for the funeral.

3. How much does Julius say he carries around his patients’ experiences and stories?
(a) He says that he thinks of them in idle moment.
(b) He says that he will go home and read books that shed light on their conditions.
(c) He says that he cannot stop thinking about them.
(d) He says that he does not think about them, and needs to refresh his memory at every visit.

4. What does the poet want to talk about, instead of reading poetry, when Julius goes to the 92nd Street Y?
(a) History.
(b) Love.
(c) Persecution.
(d) Colonialism.

5. Flying back to New York, Julius remembers having seen the city from a similar vantage point: when looking a vast scale model of the city. Where was that scale model exhibited?
(a) 1964 World’s Fair.
(b) The Louvre.
(c) 1939 World’s Fair.
(d) The Smithsonian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Farouq spends a good deal of time and thought trying to protect, intellectually?

2. In Chapter 15, where does Dr. Saito tell Julius he is ready to go?

3. What does the clerk at the post office share with Julius in Chapter 16?

4. Where is Open City set?

5. What is Julius’ reaction when he sees Hasidic Jews looking at Munkasci’s images of Goebbels?

(see the answer key)

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