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

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 unaccountability.
(b) Its passivity.
(c) Its lack of ambiguity.
(d) Its murderousness.

2. How old does Julius say he was when his father died?
(a) 18.
(b) 27.
(c) 14.
(d) 22.

3. What is Julius’ relationship to Moji Kasali?
(a) She is a woman he met on the subway.
(b) She is a student from his school in Nigeria.
(c) She is his one-time best friend’s older sister.
(d) She is a student from his medical studies.

4. What does Julius say he felt comforted by when he went to the tailor’s shop to get clothes for his father’s funeral?
(a) The tailor’s patient listening.
(b) The tailor’s assistant’s kind words.
(c) The tailor’s hands on him.
(d) The tailor’s words of advice.

5. How does Moji say Julius acted in the days and weeks after he forced himself on her?
(a) He was aggressive and out of control.
(b) He was guilty and tried to apologize.
(c) He was sullen with flashes of anger.
(d) He acted as if it had not happened.

6. What is the white man teaching the Asian woman in the diner where Julius sees them in Chapter 18?
(a) English.
(b) Latin.
(c) Calculus.
(d) Chinese.

7. What does Julius say he is awed by, after forgetting his ATM card PIN?
(a) His fragility.
(b) His panic.
(c) His stupidity.
(d) His looming senescence.

8. What does the fine weather on the day of the picnic in Central Park make Julius recall?
(a) The time he saved a woman from falling construction barriers.
(b) The time he visited with his friend in Brussels.
(c) The day he said goodbye to Nadège.
(d) The day he saved a boy’s life in Lagos.

9. 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 be in the right place at the right time.
(b) To modulate the internal environment.
(c) To do good things in the world.
(d) To find ways to interact with fellow people.

10. What does Julius say his memory of his father’s burial has merged with?
(a) The video for Michael Jackson’s song Thriller.
(b) The Beatles’ song Rocky Raccoon.
(c) Photos of the Holocaust.
(d) The movie Friday the 13th.

11. Where does Julius set up his private practice?
(a) Christopher street.
(b) East 88th street.
(c) East 39th street.
(d) West 21st street.

12. What topic does Dr. Saito ask Julius to read the complete articles about, instead of stopping after two paragraphs?
(a) The economy.
(b) Palestinian rights.
(c) Gay marriage.
(d) Environmental activism.

13. How does Julius characterize the effect Mahler’s symphony has on him?
(a) It fills him with visions.
(b) It filled his heart with light.
(c) It floods his heart with feelings.
(d) It stills his thoughts.

14. What does Julius say Americans have exhausted themselves with, during the picnic in Central Park?
(a) Enjoyment.
(b) Productivity.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Hyperbole.

15. What does Julius say about Moji’s beauty, during the picnic in Central Park?
(a) That it has the effect of stopping him in his tracks.
(b) That it is staggering.
(c) That it is unique.
(d) That it does not meet his expectations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nadège tell Julius when he calls her with news of Dr. Saito’s death?

2. What does Julius’ friend argue for, after Julius’ comments about Dr. Saito’s death?

3. Who does Julius ask for help after being beaten and robbed?

4. Why does Julius say he avoided visiting Dr. Saito again while he was dying?

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

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