1. What recent event has created controversy in Brussels, when Julius arrives there?
(a) A 17-year-old boy had been murdered.
(b) A Muslim girl has been hit by a white man’s car.
(c) A Muslim girl had been attacked.
(d) An old man had been robbed.

2. Where does Julius set up his private practice?
(a) Christopher street.
(b) East 88th street.
(c) West 21st street.
(d) East 39th street.

3. How old does Julius say he was when his father died?
(a) 22.
(b) 27.
(c) 18.
(d) 14.

4. What part of academia does Julius say he has never had a stomach for?
(a) The research.
(b) The bureaucracy.
(c) The needy students.
(d) The competition.

5. What happens to decrease the tension over the recent incident in Brussels when Julius visits?
(a) The perpetrators turn themselves in.
(b) The police refuse to file charges.
(c) The victim denies the events took place.
(d) Reporters find out that the attackers are not Muslim.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Julius sees children on a playground on his way home from the appointment with his accountant in Chapter 13, what does he say the creak-creak of the swings signifies to them?

2. What does Julius ransack his parents house looking for, while his mother is gone, in the childhood he remembers?

3. On his way home from the cinema, who does Julius have a presentiment about seeing again?

4. Why does Julius go to Notre Dame de la Chapelle?

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

(see the answer key)

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