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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Tale of Two Cafés and Distant Errors, Christmas Journal 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the stadium eventually named in The Rules of the Sport?
(a) Place Zinedine.
(b) The French Stadium.
(c) Le Stade Platini.
(d) L'espirit de Sport.

2. How do French intellectuals regard the affect of American culture on France?
(a) They blame America for the decline of French art and literature.
(b) They think America has no influence whatsoever on the French arts.
(c) They are completely indifferent with American culture and don't even know prominent American authors.
(d) They love abstract influence from America and credit it with changing French thought.

3. What is the name of the author of Les Enfants de Saturne, who Gopnik contacts in A Tale of Two Cafes?
(a) Jean-Paul Enthove.
(b) Paul Boubal.
(c) Roger Cazes.
(d) Charles Maurras.

4. Why don't Adam and Nicole eat at Cafe de Flores in A Tale of Two Cafes?
(a) It is unfashionable.
(b) Nicole does not like the food.
(c) It is too expensive.
(d) There aren't any tables available.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the magazine that Adam Gopnik works as a correspondent for?

3. What is remarkable about the turkey that Gopnik receives in The Strike?

4. What is the name of the gym Adam and Martha eventually join?

5. What do the students want to achieve from their strike?

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