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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Rookie.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gopnik call the notion that Americans wanted to consume in a world where workers were hidden or dressed up as nonhumans, so as not to be disconcerting?
(a) McDonalds.
(b) Disney World.
(c) Paris in July.
(d) Wonderland.

2. What nationality was the tourist that got off on the first platform rather than the second in Trouble at the Tower?
(a) Canadian.
(b) American.
(c) German.
(d) British.

3. Where was the Givenchy show held in Couture Shock?
(a) At the George V.
(b) In the Louvre.
(c) In a stadium.
(d) In the Luxembourg Gardens.

4. How did the prosecution consider Papon's sentence?
(a) They were indifferent to the sentence because the trial was more important than its outcome.
(b) The were shocked by its outcome.
(c) They saw it as a complete failure as he was not sentenced to death.
(d) They saw it as a victory for bringing down a powerful man.

5. How does Paris look at the time of the strike in the chapter, The Strike?
(a) It is very dirty due to the sanitation workers striking.
(b) The city seems gray and drab in the wake of all the negative strike propaganda.
(c) It is decorated for Christmas.
(d) It seems cheerful and sunny and spring is coming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Papon flee to after he was convicted?

2. Which workers were the first to begin a strike in the chapter The Strike?

3. How many remotes does Gopnik receive for his television in Winter Circus?

4. What does Gopnik bring back from his New York business trip to share with Luke in The Rookie?

5. According to legend, what is supposed to take the place of sports for men in France?

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