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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 does Julius say Americans have exhausted themselves with, during the picnic in Central Park?
2. What is Moji reading during her picnic in Central Park with Julius and his friend and his friend’s girlfriend Lise-Anne?
3. How old was Julius when Moji said he forced himself on her?
4. How does Moji say Julius acted in the days and weeks after he forced himself on her?
5. When Julius sees a police officer’ with a handgun in his travels, what does he say he envies about the gun?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why has Julius missed Dr. Saito’s death?
2. What is the leap in time and setting that has taken place between chapters 20 and 21?
3. How does Julius characterize his stance on global warming, during the picnic in Central Park, and what does he say his stance indicates about himself?
4. What does Dr. Saito tell Julius when he visits him in his illness?
5. What does Julius know about Dr. Saito’s relationship history, and how does he know it?
6. How is Julius affected by V.’s death?
7. How does Julius react to Dr. Saito’s death?
8. What odd scene does Julius witness in the diner, where someone is learning Chinese?
9. What is Julius’ relationship like with the character he never names, but simply calls “my friend” (179)?
10. What is the vision Julius has while he is sitting in the park, watching the starlings?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Evaluate the ending of Open City. Does it ring true to you? Does it successfully resolve the problems and tensions that preceded it? What would you change, if anything? What are you left wishing for closure on, if anything?
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