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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main event of Christmas in Provence?
(a) the food
(b) the parties
(c) the church services
(d) the exchange of presents

2. Who wrote the Provencal song they sang after the speeches?
(a) Antoine Mouchou
(b) Frederic Mistral
(c) Claude Debussy
(d) Maurice Ravel

3. Who is Monsieur Aude?
(a) a local painter
(b) a stone sculptor
(c) an iron artist
(d) a local chef

4. What was the appearance of the hall where the investiture was to take place?
(a) a box-like building of raw brick and aluminum-trimmed glass
(b) a Rococo building with fancy sculpted decorations inside and out
(c) a building that looked like a convent
(d) a rustic building in the French Provencal style

5. Where do the Mayles go to search for evidence of Christmas?
(a) Bonnieux
(b) the Cote d'Azur
(c) Aix
(d) Cavaillon

6. What is the man in the woods whom Peter meets wearing?
(a) a hunting outfit
(b) a rubber boot on one food and a running shoe on the other
(c) a hat with netting
(d) shorts and a polo shirt

7. What did Peter find after driving a half hour on his way to his friend's house?
(a) a lake with sail boats
(b) beautiful grand hotels
(c) a sea of trailers
(d) a castle

8. Who helps Peter stock his wine cellar?
(a) Faustin
(b) Menicucci
(c) Christian
(d) Uncle Edward

9. What was the Cote d'Azur like when Peter visited it?
(a) a draw for movie stars and celebrities
(b) a nightmare of congested traffic and oily bodies lying flank to flank on the beach
(c) a vision of beauty
(d) a romantic seaside resort

10. How many bakers are listed in the yellow pages in Cavaillon?
(a) nineteen
(b) twenty
(c) fourteen
(d) seventeen

11. What was the party that the Mayles attended in Gordes?
(a) a birthday party
(b) an anniversary party
(c) an informal swim party
(d) a very formal dinner party

12. What happened to the elegant gathering when Vivaldi was replaced by Little Richard?
(a) The guests were shocked.
(b) The guests left in a huff.
(c) The guests protested.
(d) The elegant guests became loose and danced wildly.

13. What did Massot say to Peter that was uncharacteristic of him?
(a) "I'll never cook a fox again".
(b) "I don't hate the Germans anymore".
(c) "Nature is wearing her prettiest clothes".
(d) " I think I'll give a big party".

14. What do frugal Frenchmen hate to do?
(a) buy expensive clothing
(b) guve tips to waiters
(c) discard anything
(d) pay full price for anything

15. What do the sanitation men mind that is left for them to clean up?
(a) animaux morts
(b) mouldy food
(c) serviettes hygieniques
(d) degeuleuse

Short Answer Questions

1. What picture in the calendar he gives Peter does the postman show him?

2. What surprise gift do the Mayles receive?

3. When did the Mayles leave the dinner?

4. What dance did Peter like the best at the dinner honoring his friend?

5. What is the name of the carpet-layer?

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