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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. When did Gopnik and his wife go to Paris before their move there in 1995?
(a) They went there on their honeymoon.
(b) They lived there for their first year of marriage in 1989.
(c) They had never been to Paris together before the move in 1995.
(d) They stayed there for a week before they were married.

2. Where is Adam attending the Baudrillard seminar in Winter Circus?
(a) The Beaubourg.
(b) The Sorbonne.
(c) Lycee Paris.
(d) The Louvre.

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

4. Which two American authors does Philippe Sollers debate with Gopnik?
(a) Dickinson and Hemingway.
(b) Fitzgerald and Twain.
(c) Roth and Updike.
(d) Sinclair and Faulkner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why don't Adam and Nicole eat at Cafe de Flores in A Tale of Two Cafes?

2. What did Adam listen to when he road the bicycle in The Rules of the Sport?

3. Where is Luke's baby-sitter Nisha from?

4. What year did Gopnik enjoy his first stay in Paris for one year?

5. What did Gopnik need to do before he could receive his carte de sejour?

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