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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What rule does Julius break, in the memory he recalls in Chapter 10 from having been left at home?
(a) Not to swim without supervision.
(b) Not to go to town alone.
(c) Not to drink the soft drinks.
(d) Not to go outside till his homework is done.

3. How does Julius characterize Brussels’ strategy for surviving the second world war?
(a) Collaborating.
(b) Resisting.
(c) Surrendering.
(d) Remaining neutral.

4. Where is Open City set?
(a) New York city.
(b) Long Island.
(c) New York suburbs.
(d) Albany.

5. What does Julius say he is struck by, in Farouq’s goals?
(a) His zealousness.
(b) His single-mindedness.
(c) His purity.
(d) His delusion.

6. Where had Dr. Maillotte done her medical training?
(a) Louvain.
(b) Lagos.
(c) Berlin.
(d) New York.

7. What does the Wall Street subway station remind Julius of?
(a) A catacomb.
(b) A cathedral.
(c) A bomb shelter.
(d) A mall.

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

9. What do Julius, Farouq and Farouq’s friend Khalil agree on, in terms of the portrayal of blacks in America and Muslims in Europe?
(a) That the people are responsible for how they are portrayed.
(b) That one or two men determine how the whole society sees them.
(c) That the people with power control the portrayal.
(d) That the portrayal is created in advance by the unconscious of the race.

10. What question does Julius say he wakes up with, from his dream at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Whether his mother is really calling him.
(b) Whether he has a partner.
(c) Whether his father is still alive.
(d) Whether he is really awake.

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

12. How does Julius say his field of study compares to other fields?
(a) More time intensive.
(b) More demanding.
(c) Less satisfying.
(d) Less brutal.

13. How does Julius characterize the work he does when he is redoing the lab work for the paper he has written?
(a) Careless.
(b) Exacting.
(c) Meticulous.
(d) Shoddy.

14. What does Julius not end up having to tell the woman he has sex with in Brussels?
(a) I want to see you again.
(b) Whether he thought the night was good or bad.
(c) This cannot happen again.
(d) I could really care for you.

15. What is the first of Farouq’s two projects?
(a) To finish his studies.
(b) To return home.
(c) To bring his family to Brussels.
(d) To undermine the European Union.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the wound that Julius says Farouq carries?

2. How does Julius say his father’s people reacted to Julius’ father’s death?

3. How does Julius’ cabbie show his disapproval for Julius’ behavior after driving him home from the American Folk Art Museum?

4. What is Nadège’s relationship with Julius?

5. How does Julius characterize the city when he comes out of the Wall Street subway stop?

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