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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julius say the snow-covered city makes him feel in Chapter 14?
(a) Soporific.
(b) Levitation.
(c) Stagnation.
(d) Depression.

2. How long after Julius’ visit to Dr. Saito does Julius get a call saying that Dr. Saito has died?
(a) A few days.
(b) Several weeks.
(c) A week.
(d) Two months.

3. What does Julius say he has a hard time believing about people who lived before the twenty-first century?
(a) That they lived to old age.
(b) That they were fully people.
(c) That they had the same souls as people today.
(d) That they had their own teeth past early adulthood.

4. What is Julius’ reaction to Dr. Saito telling him that he is ready to die in Chapter 15?
(a) He rushes out.
(b) He calls the nurse.
(c) He holds his hand.
(d) He sits mute and still.

5. How does Julius regard the Africans he sees in Chapter 11, once he finds out where they really come from?
(a) Suspiciously.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Spitefully.
(d) Joyously.

6. What does Julius say the Statue of Liberty served as until 1902?
(a) An immigration processing center.
(b) A detention center.
(c) A tourist destination.
(d) A lighthouse.

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

8. How does Julius characterize his feeling when he is watching the marching band in Chinatown in Chapter 16?
(a) At home.
(b) Dreamy.
(c) Disoriented.
(d) Disturbed.

9. What is most of the news about, that Julius reads to Dr. Saito?
(a) North Korea.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Iran.
(d) Palestine.

10. What constant struggle does Julius exclaim on, after protecting the woman and her baby from the wind-blown construction barriers on rue Philippe?
(a) To modulate the internal environment.
(b) To be in the right place at the right time.
(c) To find ways to interact with fellow people.
(d) To do good things in the world.

11. What does Julius forget to take to his appointment with his accountant in Chapter 13?
(a) His checkbook.
(b) His ID card.
(c) His pen.
(d) His tax forms.

12. Who does Julius ask for help after being beaten and robbed?
(a) V.
(b) Nadège.
(c) His friend.
(d) Mary.

13. What does Julius notice is missing in Dr. Saito’s apartment in Chapter 14?
(a) Mementos from Dr. Saito’s internment.
(b) Family photographs.
(c) Books.
(d) Decorations.

14. What is Julius’ response to Moji telling him that he forced himself on her when they were young?
(a) He breaks down and apologizes in tears.
(b) He says nothing and goes inside.
(c) He stammers out an apology.
(d) He changes the topic and talks about the weather.

15. How old does Julius say his father was when he died?
(a) 64.
(b) 49.
(c) 72.
(d) 58.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julius say he felt comforted by when he went to the tailor’s shop to get clothes for his father’s funeral?

2. When Julius goes to the club Le Panais, where does Julius say he thought all the Africans in Brussels were from?

3. How does Julius characterize the effect Mahler’s symphony has on him?

4. How does Julius’ friend respond to the fact that the “tree of heaven” is an invasive species (179)?

5. When Julius goes to the Munkasci exhibit at the Center of Photography, he thinks of the photographic concept of the “decisive moment” (152). Which photographer coined this term, and philosophy?

(see the answer keys)

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