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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 the man doing in the subway cars, when Julius notices him on the 18th anniversary of his father’s burial?
2. What is Julius’ reaction to Dr. Saito telling him that he is ready to die in Chapter 15?
3. What does Julius say the snow-covered city makes him feel in Chapter 14?
4. When Julius goes to the club Le Panais, where does Julius say he thought all the Africans in Brussels were from?
5. What does Julius say he has a hard time believing about people who lived before the twenty-first century?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the postcard Julius keeps on the corkboard behind his desk?
2. 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?
3. What is it that Julius says cut him to the quick when he was talking with Dr. Maillotte over dinner?
4. How does Julius explain his views about psychiatry to his friend?
5. What odd scene does Julius witness in the diner, where someone is learning Chinese?
6. What does Julius know about Dr. Saito’s relationship history, and how does he know it?
7. What is Julius’ relationship like with the character he never names, but simply calls “my friend” (179)?
8. What happens to Julius when he forgets to bring his checkbook to the accountant, and why is it disturbing?
9. Chapter 11 marks the end of “Part 1: Death is a perfection of the eye.” In what way is this title appropriate to the first 11 chapters?
10. What experience does Julius have in Chinatown, that gives him the “disorientation and bliss” of living in his childhood self again?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Identify the most important plot points in Open City. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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