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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 do Julius’ thoughts about the Africans he had seen in Le Panais make him think about the cleaning woman in the church?
(a) That she might be in Brussels to forget.
(b) That she might have been a killer in Africa.
(c) That she might be seeking refuge in the church.
(d) That she might be dreaming of fleeing Belgium.

2. Why would Julius have thought that the Africans in Brussels all came from this one place in Chapter 11?
(a) Because Belgium had adopted an open borders policy for refugees.
(b) Because of Belgium’s colonial relationship with that country.
(c) Because of Belgium’s selective immigration policies.
(d) Because Belgium had agreed to resettle refugees from the civil war there.

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

4. How many people stayed overnight at John Musson’s apartment after his party?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the clerk at the post office share with Julius in Chapter 16?

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

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

5. What was the subject of the cantatas Julius had heard at Lincoln Center, before coming to visit Dr. Saito?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Julius affected by V.’s death?

2. How does Julius characterize his trip to the tailor to get clothing for his father’s funeral?

3. What does Julius say his relationship with winter is like?

4. How does Julius explain his views about psychiatry to his friend?

5. What is Julius’ reaction to meeting Moji Kasali?

6. Chapter 11 marks the end of “Part 1: Death is a perfection of the eye.” In what way is this title appropriate to the first 11 chapters?

7. What is the vision Julius has while he is sitting in the park, watching the starlings?

8. What is it that Julius says cut him to the quick when he was talking with Dr. Maillotte over dinner?

9. What is the leap in time and setting that has taken place between chapters 20 and 21?

10. What is Julius’ relationship like with the character he never names, but simply calls “my friend” (179)?

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