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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 did Adam have to undergo before he was allowed to work out on the machines at this gym?
(a) He had to get his eyes checked.
(b) He had to pass a test on safety exam.
(c) A consultation with the gym "professeur."
(d) He had to have a background check.

2. What is the name of the gym Adam and Martha eventually join?
(a) Regiment Rouge.
(b) Haussmann.
(c) Place Americaine.
(d) The Ritz health club.

3. What is not one of the names suggested for the new stadium in The Rules of the Sport?
(a) They wanted to name it after Saint-Exupery.
(b) Le Stade Platini.
(c) Verlaine.
(d) Place Zinedine.

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

5. Which publication first revealed that Juppe had leased an apartment from the domaine privee of the city of Paris?
(a) The British paper, The Financial Times.
(b) Le Monde.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The weekly comic paper Le Canard Enchaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many visits did Adam's new gym suggest he have per week for a "New York-style" commitment?

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

3. How does Paris look at the time of the strike in the chapter, The Strike?

4. What company was M. Meyssonier the president of?

5. What is the name of the author of Les Enfants de Saturne, who Gopnik contacts in A Tale of Two Cafes?

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