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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would Julius have thought that the Africans in Brussels all came from this one place in Chapter 11?
(a) Because Belgium had agreed to resettle refugees from the civil war there.
(b) Because of Belgium’s colonial relationship with that country.
(c) Because Belgium had adopted an open borders policy for refugees.
(d) Because of Belgium’s selective immigration policies.

2. What issue is remarkably absent from Julius, Farouq and Khalil’s discussion of Middle East politics?
(a) Tyrants.
(b) Oil.
(c) Murder of civilians.
(d) Civil wars.

3. How old is the Czechoslovakian tourist Julius has a one-night encounter with?
(a) 55.
(b) 28.
(c) 50.
(d) 40.

4. Why does Julius say he avoided visiting Dr. Saito again while he was dying?
(a) He says that he was afraid to see his friend suffering.
(b) He says that he was too busy.
(c) He says that he wanted to avoid the drama of death.
(d) He says that he was angry with his friend for not telling him what he wanted to hear.

5. What is the first thing Saidu asks Julius when he meets him at the immigrant detention facility?
(a) Whether he is Christian.
(b) Whether he is tired.
(c) Whether he is thirsty.
(d) Whether he is African.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Julius get a reputation for, after the affair of Musibau’s stolen newspaper, at the military school?

2. When Julius goes to the club Le Panais, where does Julius say he thought all the Africans in Brussels were from?

3. What is the main impression Julius gives of the dream he has at the beginning of Chapter 10?

4. What does Julius say explains the sense of hermeticism in the paintings of John Brewster?

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

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