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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alice in Paris, A Machine to Draw the World, Christmas Journal 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What magazine is Nicole Wisniak an editor for?
(a) Elle.
(b) Egoiste.
(c) Marie Claire.
(d) Liberte.

2. What prevents signs and cultures from going universal?
(a) Literature.
(b) Art.
(c) Language.
(d) Religion.

3. What error displays most often on Gopnik's fax machine?
(a) Bourage de papier.
(b) Pas d'identitie.
(c) Pas de probleme.
(d) Erreur distante.

4. What color of frame did the Gopniks frame their engraving of Paris to the Moon?
(a) Silver.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Gold.

5. What do the French insist on putting on their Christmas trees?
(a) Real candles on the boughs.
(b) A wooden cross at the bottom that makes it difficult to water the tree.
(c) A series of cuts in the stem marking the day it was cut.
(d) A nutcracker hidden in the boughs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the marquee of the Cafe Deux Magots?

2. What is the name of the satirical paper that Gopnik buys every Wednesday?

3. Which two American authors does Philippe Sollers debate with Gopnik?

4. When Gopnik sits on a panel in Distant Errors, who does the panel blame for the American dominance of culture?

5. Where is Alice Waters from originally?

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