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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Angels Dining at the Ritz and One Last Ride.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the magazine that Adam Gopnik works as a correspondent for?
(a) Time Magazine.
(b) Wired.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) Better Homes and Garden.

2. Who won the World Cup?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

3. What ability does the Rookie have when he is discovered?
(a) He can see a fly from one hundred yards away.
(b) He can throw stones with surprising accuracy.
(c) He can catch all types of balls.
(d) He can run faster than boys twice his age.

4. What does Gopnik bring back from his New York business trip to share with Luke in The Rookie?
(a) A collection of baseball cards.
(b) A video game of baseball.
(c) A PBS series on baseball.
(d) New mitts and baseball bats.

5. According to Gopnik, what is the unforgiving idol of New York?
(a) Baseball.
(b) The Office.
(c) Blues.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the jury deliberate in the Papon case?

2. What sickness does Luke contract in A Machine to Draw the World?

3. How did Adam first hear about the bomb going off in the Left Bank?

4. Which famous writer had once been the mayor of Bordeaux, as mentioned in the chapter Private Domain?

5. What is the stadium eventually named in The Rules of the Sport?

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