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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 is Nadège’s relationship with Julius?
2. What does Dr. Maillotte, Julius’ seat partner, envy about Julius?
3. What does Julius say was the true source of second-class warrant officer Musibau’s anger at him?
4. Where is Saidu from?
5. How does Julius describe the expression of the Welcomers when they get to the immigrant detention facility?
Short Essay Questions
1. At the book's beginning, why does the narrator says that he goes for long walks?
2. What do we know about Julius’ relationships, in this first chapter?
3. What is the feeling Julius wakes up from his dream with, in the beginning of Chapter 10, in his first days in Brussels?
4. What does Nadège’s limp make Julius think about, and what does it make him see about Nadège?
5. Who does Julius imagine he sees, as he enters Brussels?
6. What is it about Coca-Cola that the younger Julius found so appealing?
7. What is the scene Julius remembers from Dr. Gupta’s house, while he is watching The Last King of Scotland?
8. What does Julius say his work requires of him, and what does he say he enjoys about it?
9. How does Julius explain his split with Nadège?
10. How does Julius say he ended up at the Nigerian Military School, when his father was not a soldier?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When is Open City most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?
Essay Topic 2
Write an evaluative review of Open City. What is this book’s place in our culture? Who will find this book most useful? What are its uses? What are its limitations?
Essay Topic 3
Would you recommend Open City to a friend? What kind of friend would you recommend Open City to? What kind of friend would you not recommend this book to? What does this distinction tell you about the qualities of the novel itself? What does it tell you about your own critical values?
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