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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Julius sees a police officer’ with a handgun in his travels, what does he say he envies about the gun?
(a) Its passivity.
(b) Its lack of ambiguity.
(c) Its murderousness.
(d) Its unaccountability.

2. What is the title Teju Cole gives to Part 2 of Open City, beginning with Chapter 12?
(a) Mother, where are you?
(b) Alone in the fog.
(c) I have searched myself.
(d) The world still exists.

3. What effect does Julius’ father’s death have on Julius’ studies?
(a) He has difficulty managing his family affairs and his studies simultaneously.
(b) He throws himself in and excels.
(c) He is distracted and almost fails out.
(d) He starts to party too much.

4. What does Julius say explains the sense of hermeticism in the paintings of John Brewster?
(a) The artistic standard of the times.
(b) Brewster’s patron’s demands.
(c) Brewster’s deafness.
(d) Brewster’s depression.

5. How old was Julius when Moji said he forced himself on her?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 20.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Julius say he is hesitant to call Nadège in Chapter 12?

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

3. What is the state of Dr. Saito’s mind when Julius goes to visit him in Chapter 15?

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

5. How does Julius characterize his feeling while he reads the news to Dr. Saito?

(see the answer key)

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