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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Winter Circus—The Strike and The Winter Circus, Christmas Journal 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Adam first hear about the bomb going off in the Left Bank?
(a) From the street sweeper.
(b) From the television.
(c) From the lady who keeps the striped-pajama boutique.
(d) In the newspaper, Le Monde.

2. How much had Juppe rented his apartment to himself for?
(a) Three thousand dollars a month.
(b) Five hundred dollars a month.
(c) One thousand dollars a month.
(d) Five thousand dollars a month.

3. What day did the strike begin on?
(a) October 11.
(b) December 1.
(c) November 24.
(d) December 24.

4. Where is Adam attending the Baudrillard seminar in Winter Circus?
(a) The Louvre.
(b) Lycee Paris.
(c) The Beaubourg.
(d) The Sorbonne.

5. Which is not one of the estimates of the number of domaine prive apartments listed in the chapter Private Domain?
(a) 3000.
(b) 1300.
(c) More than 4000.
(d) 1500.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way was Gopnik worried that the strike would affect his life in the chapter The Strike?

2. What does Luke like to do outside the toy store on the boulevard Saint-Germain?

3. Who appointed Juppe to his position as Prime Minister?

4. Which publication first revealed that Juppe had leased an apartment from the domaine privee of the city of Paris?

5. What class is most enthusiastic about the strikes in France?

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