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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. When Julius goes to the club Le Panais, where does Julius say he thought all the Africans in Brussels were from?
2. What is Julius’ response to Moji telling him that he forced himself on her when they were young?
3. Where is John Musson’s apartment, that Julius goes to the party Moji invites him to?
4. How does Julius characterize his feeling when he is watching the marching band in Chinatown in Chapter 16?
5. How does Julius regard the Africans he sees in Chapter 11, once he finds out where they really come from?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What does Julius say his relationship with winter is like?
3. What was the last time before his fathers funeral that Julius says that he had seen a dead body?
4. What is Julius’ reaction to meeting Moji Kasali?
5. What is the vision Julius has while he is sitting in the park, watching the starlings?
6. How does Julius respond when his friend’s girlfriend Lise-Anne asks him about the most humorous cases he had seen among the mentally ill?
7. How does Julius characterize his trip to the tailor to get clothing for his father’s funeral?
8. What odd scene does Julius witness in the diner, where someone is learning Chinese?
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 is Julius’ relationship like with the character he never names, but simply calls “my friend” (179)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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?
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