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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The City of Light in the Dark.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What changes Sedaris' mind about visiting France for the summer?
(a) The promise of being a local celebrity convinces Sedaris to visit France.
(b) Loneliness convinces Sedaris to visit France.
(c) The desire to learn French convinces Sedaris to visit France.
(d) The gifts Hugh brings him convince Sedaris to visit France.

2. Which of the following is not an unusual word Sedaris learned in French?
(a) Bottleneck.
(b) Lobotomy.
(c) Slaughterhouse.
(d) Exorcism.

3. One glaring difference Sedaris notices between watching movies in the U.S and watching them in Paris is
(a) No one eats during the movies in Paris.
(b) No one needs subtitles in Paris.
(c) No one talks during the movies in Paris.
(d) No one knows who he is in Paris.

4. Sedaris justifies viewing soap operas in class by
(a) Arguing that soap operas taught attention to character.
(b) Creating a writing assignment in which students predicted upcoming events.
(c) Arguing that soap operas were an eduring fom of writing.
(d) Creating an assignment in which students wrote their own soap operas.

5. In the end, Sedaris' authority is undermined when
(a) He admits that he has never been published.
(b) He refuses to answer a student's question about his salary.
(c) He allows a student to teach the class.
(d) He admits how much money he is paid to teach the class

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sedaris prepare to teach his workshop?

2. At the end of the essay, Sedaris compares himself to

3. Sedaris is considered a celebrity by French teenagers because

4. Unlike American theaters, French theaters

5. At the start of the essay, Sedaris explains how he met

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