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

2. What is Gopnik's model of fax machine?
(a) Galeo 5000.
(b) Timprenteur 2000.
(c) Le Premiere fax.
(d) Le Presidente.

3. How does Gopnik's turkey in The Strike compare with his previous experiences with turkeys?
(a) It is the best tasting turkey he has ever had.
(b) It tastes much poorer than other turkeys he has had.
(c) It has a very tough texture, but still tastes good.
(d) It is much more salty than he remembers turkey being.

4. Which is not one of the estimates of the number of domaine prive apartments listed in the chapter Private Domain?
(a) 1300.
(b) More than 4000.
(c) 3000.
(d) 1500.

5. What did Adam listen to when he road the bicycle in The Rules of the Sport?
(a) He listens to the conversation of those working out around him.
(b) He watches CNN on the television.
(c) Stones on his walkman.
(d) He listens to a book on tape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the French economist who claimed that the U.S. economy was stagnant?

2. Where is Adam attending the Baudrillard seminar in Winter Circus?

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

4. According to Gopnik in Distant Errors, what is the magic American word?

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

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