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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 1939 World’s Fair.
(b) 1964 World’s Fair.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) The Smithsonian.

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

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

4. What does Julius say his generation is the first generation not to be familiar with?
(a) Mass death.
(b) Corruption.
(c) Death in childbirth.
(d) Pollution.

5. Whose obituary do the street performers make Julius think of?
(a) M.’s.
(b) His father’s.
(c) His oma’s.
(d) V.’s.

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

7. 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 words of advice.
(c) The tailor’s assistant’s kind words.
(d) The tailor’s hands on him.

8. Where does Julius see Chinese women dancing, after seeing his accountant?
(a) The Bowery.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Bowling Green.
(d) Wall Street.

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

10. What is Julius’ reaction when he sees Hasidic Jews looking at Munkasci’s images of Goebbels?
(a) He goes to talk to them.
(b) He feels compelled to leave.
(c) He focuses on their young children.
(d) He becomes quiet inside and very attentive.

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

12. How does Julius characterize his feeling while he reads the news to Dr. Saito?
(a) Detachment.
(b) Engagement.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Confusion.

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

14. What trait does Moji see in Julius that is consistent from the time he forced himself on her till the present moment?
(a) Callousness.
(b) Forgetfulness.
(c) Distractedness.
(d) Being judgmental.

15. Why does Julius say he is hesitant to call Nadège in Chapter 12?
(a) Because he is not ready to apologize to her yet.
(b) Because he still does not understand why they split up.
(c) Because he does not want to admit that he made too much of their relationship.
(d) Because he is still angry about the way she left him so suddenly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, where does Dr. Saito tell Julius he is ready to go?

2. What is the white man teaching the Asian woman in the diner where Julius sees them in Chapter 18?

3. How does Julius characterize his personality during the picnic in Central Park?

4. Where is there an explosion, in the dream Julius has in the beginning of Chapter 15?

5. What is Julius’ reaction to Dr. Saito telling him that he is ready to die in Chapter 15?

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