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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. Sedaris says he sounds like an evil baby when speaking French because
(a) He refuses to learn new words.
(b) He refuses to speak French aloud.
(c) He only uses curse words.
(d) He only uses nouns at first.

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

3. Who or what threatens to divide Sedaris' class?
(a) The teenage freshmen students.
(b) An asthmatic who protected the smoking rule in class.
(c) Sedaris' Pillow Talk segment, where students discussed their personal lives.
(d) An older returning student who claimed he was wasting her time.

4. Sedaris claims he sees so many movies because
(a) He has no interest in other attractions.
(b) He is too intimidated by the French to do anything else.
(c) He is too lazy to do anything else.
(d) He has not seen most of these films in America.

5. Unlike American theaters, French theaters
(a) Do not allow repeat viewings.
(b) Do not offer many concessions.
(c) Do not offer ice cream.
(d) Do not offer a choice of seats.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sedaris prepare to teach his workshop?

2. Why is Sedaris offered a job teaching a writing workshop?

3. Though Sedaris is in Paris, he spends most of his time

4. In this essay, Sedaris' itineraries revolve around

5. Sedaris decides to make his students more comfortable by

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