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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, where does Dr. Saito tell Julius he is ready to go?
(a) The forest.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The stars.
(d) The sea.

2. When Julius goes to the club Le Panais, where does Julius say he thought all the Africans in Brussels were from?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Liberia.
(d) Congo.

3. What does the clerk at the post office share with Julius in Chapter 16?
(a) Some of his poetry.
(b) Some of his tea.
(c) Words of wisdom from Africa.
(d) Insights about the news.

4. Where were Julius and Moji when Moji said he forced himself on her?
(a) At a party Julius had hosted.
(b) At a party her brother hosted in her house.
(c) At school after the school day.
(d) In the woods behind her house.

5. What is the state of Dr. Saito’s mind when Julius goes to visit him in Chapter 15?
(a) Lucid.
(b) Forgetful.
(c) Disturbed.
(d) Dreamy.

6. What does Julius tell his friend he wanted from Dr. Saito in Chapter 15?
(a) Words of wisdom.
(b) A place in his will.
(c) Advice on his career.
(d) A cry for help.

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

8. Who does Julius feel watched by as he goes to the post office in Chapter 16?
(a) A homeless man.
(b) A red-tailed hawk.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A squirrel.

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

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

11. Which postmodern writer’s story about a giant, 1:1 map of New York city does Julius think about having read?
(a) Barthelme.
(b) Barthes.
(c) Delillo.
(d) Borges.

12. While Julius watches the snowflakes come down after meeting with his accountant in Chapter 13, he feels a furious sense of what?
(a) Imbalance.
(b) Homesickness.
(c) Well-being.
(d) Harmony.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Julius characterize the gait of the two boys who beat him up?

2. What does Julius say he is more likely to do in the months of March, April and May?

3. Who is in the shop Julius stop into in Chinatown in Chapter 16?

4. What is Julius’ reaction when he sees Hasidic Jews looking at Munkasci’s images of Goebbels?

5. Flying back to New York, Julius remembers having seen the city from a similar vantage point: when looking a vast scale model of the city. Where was that scale model exhibited?

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