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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the source of the dissonance in the organ music in Notre Dame?
(a) A floor waxing machine.
(b) A workman’s boom box.
(c) A vacuum cleaner.
(d) A workman’s power tools.

2. What does Julius say he used to test the depth of the well at the house he grew up in in Nigeria?
(a) A stick.
(b) A stone.
(c) A measuring tape.
(d) A string.

3. What position is Farouq determined to advocate in his work?
(a) That individuals can be spokespeople for their races.
(b) That all people are individuals.
(c) That history puts people in the roles it needs them to play.
(d) That people are just the face of their cultures.

4. How much vacation time does Julius use for his trip to Brussels?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) More than three weeks.
(d) Ten days.

5. Who wrote the cantatas Julius had heard at Lincoln Center, before coming to visit Dr. Saito?
(a) Rachmaninov.
(b) Bach.
(c) Tchaikovsky.
(d) Stravinsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julius tell his friend he wanted from Dr. Saito in Chapter 15?

2. What does the fine weather on the day of the picnic in Central Park make Julius recall?

3. What does Julius say his generation is the first generation not to be familiar with?

4. What does Julius say bound him to the boys who beat him up and rob him, the first time he saw them?

5. What kind of music does the band play, that marches past the store where Julius stops in Chinatown in Chapter 16?

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