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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Maillotte tell Julius she thinks about Nigerians?
(a) That they are lazy.
(b) That they are arrogant.
(c) That they are genial.
(d) That they are shifty.

2. What did Pierre, the bootblack who shines Julius’ shoes, used to do before he became a boot black?
(a) Butcher.
(b) Hairdresser.
(c) Policeman.
(d) Janitor.

3. What does Julius say was the true source of second-class warrant officer Musibau’s anger at him?
(a) He saw Julius as an insubordinate soldier.
(b) He saw Julius as an outsider.
(c) He saw Julius as a worthless African.
(d) He saw Julius as a colonizer.

4. Where is Saidu from?
(a) Angola.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Liberia.
(d) Nigeria.

5. How does Julius characterize the city when he comes out of the Wall Street subway stop?
(a) A palimpsest.
(b) A living entity.
(c) A miniature model.
(d) A rough draft.

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

7. How old is Julius?
(a) 32.
(b) 38.
(c) 28.
(d) 22.

8. What is Julius treating V. for?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Multiple personality disorder.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Depression.

9. When does Julius say he was estranged from his mother?
(a) At 24.
(b) At 21.
(c) At 28.
(d) At 17.

10. What is Dr. Maillotte’s connection with Eduoard Empain, who built Heliopolis in Egypt?
(a) She is descended from him.
(b) She is married to his grandson.
(c) Just that she has visited the city.
(d) She knows his grandson.

11. What is the main impression Julius gives of the dream he has at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Fear.
(b) Panic.
(c) Belonging.
(d) Confusion.

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

13. What does Mayken, Julius’ short-term landlord for his stay in Brussels, tell him the ethnic composition of Brussels was supposed to be?
(a) All Flemish.
(b) Equal parts Flemish, Walloon, French and immigrant.
(c) All Walloon.
(d) Half Walloon, half Flemish.

14. What is Julius’ stance on global warming?
(a) He is a strenuous denier.
(b) He is a believer.
(c) He is a skeptical believer.
(d) He is a doubter.

15. What is Nadège’s relationship with Julius?
(a) Co-worker.
(b) Friend.
(c) Ex-girlfriend.
(d) Girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Julius characterize the work he does when he is redoing the lab work for the paper he has written?

3. How much vacation time does Julius use for his trip to Brussels?

4. What does Julius not end up having to tell the woman he has sex with in Brussels?

5. Whose music does Julius hear that causes him to stop shopping and sit and listen in the Tower Records?

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