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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Handful of Cherries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gopnik usually begin cooking?
(a) By chopping onions.
(b) By drinking a glass of wine.
(c) By creating a broth.
(d) By peeling potatoes.

2. According to Gopnik in Distant Errors, what is the magic American word?
(a) Love.
(b) Fun.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Things.

3. Why does Luke refuse to enter the Barthelemy on rue de Grenelle?
(a) He carcasses of meat scare him.
(b) He loves to play hopscotch outside the store instead.
(c) He is afraid of the Butcher.
(d) He does not like the smell.

4. According to legend, what is supposed to take the place of sports for men in France?
(a) Books and music.
(b) Hunting and food.
(c) Work and food.
(d) Sex and food.

5. What gym did Adam and Martha first try out on in Paris?
(a) Regiment Rouge.
(b) The health club at the Ritz.
(c) Place Americaine.
(d) Haussmann.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the stadium eventually named in The Rules of the Sport?

2. How old is Juppe in Private Domain?

3. What position did Maurice Papon have in the Gironde department?

4. What is the name of the movement that brought an emphasis on spices to compete with this ethic of the soil?

5. What book written by Juppe does Gopnik mention in Private Domain?

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