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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 Julius’ stance on global warming?
2. What does Dr. Maillotte say the actual ethnic composition of Brussels is?
3. What issue is remarkably absent from Julius, Farouq and Khalil’s discussion of Middle East politics?
4. How does Julius’ cabbie show his disapproval for Julius’ behavior after driving him home from the American Folk Art Museum?
5. How much does Julius say he carries around his patients’ experiences and stories?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Nadège’s limp make Julius think about, and what does it make him see about Nadège?
2. What made the detained immigrant Saidu leave Liberia?
3. What are Farouq’s two projects?
4. How does Farouq surprise Julius?
5. How does Julius react to the waitress who brings him his coffee in the café in Grand Sablon?
6. 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?
7. How does the incident in which Musibau accused Julius of stealing his paper ultimately work in Julius’ favor?
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. Who is V. and what is her relationship with Julius?
10. What importance does Heliopolis hold, in the conversation between Julius and Dr. Maillotte?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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
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?
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