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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Julius’ friend Dr. Saito’s field of study?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) History.
(d) English literature.

2. What is it about Farouq that surprises Julius?
(a) Farouq’s conscientiousness.
(b) Farouq’s intellect.
(c) Farouq’s ambition.
(d) Farouq’s sense of humor.

3. What issue is remarkably absent from Julius, Farouq and Khalil’s discussion of Middle East politics?
(a) Murder of civilians.
(b) Oil.
(c) Civil wars.
(d) Tyrants.

4. How does Julius’ cabbie show his disapproval for Julius’ behavior after driving him home from the American Folk Art Museum?
(a) Leaves him at the wrong address.
(b) Tells him not to pay.
(c) Overcharges him.
(d) Refuses to pick him up.

5. On his way home from the cinema, who does Julius have a presentiment about seeing again?
(a) His oma.
(b) His friend.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Julius’ mother been born?

2. How old is Julius?

3. How does Nadège’s limp affect Julius, when he joins her on a trip to the immigrant detention facility?

4. What is the “halo” Julius sees around Dr. Saito’s head comprised of (11)?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Julius’ relationship with his oma like?

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Teju Cole’s internal, peripatetic style in Open City?

3. How does Farouq surprise Julius?

4. How does Julius say he ended up at the Nigerian Military School, when his father was not a soldier?

5. What theme emerges in the clothing Julius notices on the people all around him in his wanderings through the city at the beginning of Chapter 4?

6. Who is V. and what is her relationship with Julius?

7. What does Julius say his work requires of him, and what does he say he enjoys about it?

8. What are Julius’ thoughts on the weather and global warming?

9. What memory does the rain spur in Julius’ trip to Brussels?

10. What is the scene Julius remembers from Dr. Gupta’s house, while he is watching The Last King of Scotland?

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