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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. How does Julius describe the expression of the Welcomers when they get to the immigrant detention facility?
2. What does Dr. Maillotte say the actual ethnic composition of Brussels is?
3. What is the “halo” Julius sees around Dr. Saito’s head comprised of (11)?
4. What is the first of Farouq’s two projects?
5. What does the poet want to talk about, instead of reading poetry, when Julius goes to the 92nd Street Y?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Julius explain his split with Nadège?
2. 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?
3. At the book's beginning, why does the narrator says that he goes for long walks?
4. What is the feeling Julius wakes up from his dream with, in the beginning of Chapter 10, in his first days in Brussels?
5. What does Nadège’s limp make Julius think about, and what does it make him see about Nadège?
6. What memory does the rain spur in Julius’ trip to Brussels?
7. What is the style of the opening pages of Open City, and what kind of expectation do they set up in the reader?
8. 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?
9. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Teju Cole’s internal, peripatetic style in Open City?
10. What does Julius say his relationship with his mother is like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.
Essay Topic 2
Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What can we tell about him, based on the choices he makes in terms of description, characterization and plot? What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch with passages in the book.
Essay Topic 3
Is this a novel with a moral center and a single cluster of fixations buried in a welter of urban impressions? Or is it a scattered inventory of experiences that never really define a central set of concerns in the author’s life? Is this a book about a man’s psychology, or a book about a man’s views of New York City?
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