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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of luck does Julius have in finding his oma while in Brussels?
2. What is Julius treating M. for?
3. What is the first of Farouq’s two projects?
4. What is Julius’ field of practice?
5. What was Julius’ friend Dr. Saito’s field of study?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Julius contemplate doing when he thinks about his patient, M., at the boat basin behind the World Financial Center?
2. What are Julius’ thoughts on the weather and global warming?
3. What stereotype does Dr. Maillotte, the woman who sits next to Julius on the plane to Brussels, hold about Nigerians, and how does Julius respond to her cast-typing?
4. How does the incident in which Musibau accused Julius of stealing his paper ultimately work in Julius’ favor?
5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Teju Cole’s internal, peripatetic style in Open City?
6. What importance does Heliopolis hold, in the conversation between Julius and Dr. Maillotte?
7. What does Julius say his relationship with his mother is like?
8. What kind of trip does Julius make to Brussels?
9. At the book's beginning, why does the narrator says that he goes for long walks?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Evaluate your own reading of Open City—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
Essay Topic 2
How does Julius grow or change over the course of the novel? What is he like at the start of the novel, and what is he like at the end? What are the main events that may have changed him? How do you account for the changes he undergoes? Or, how do you account for his lack of change?
Essay Topic 3
What topics would you like to research further, after reading Open City? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on Open City.
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