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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 many waiters did the Balzar have?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

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

3. What do the French insist on putting on their Christmas trees?
(a) A series of cuts in the stem marking the day it was cut.
(b) Real candles on the boughs.
(c) A nutcracker hidden in the boughs.
(d) A wooden cross at the bottom that makes it difficult to water the tree.

4. Who won the World Cup?
(a) Italy.
(b) England.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

5. Which is not one of the menu items of the Balzar listed in The Balzar Wars?
(a) Pommes frites.
(b) Profiteroles.
(c) Croque Monsieur.
(d) Grilled Salmon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Alice Waters from originally?

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

3. Which designer created a forest-like set in Couture Shock?

4. What is the name of the post-structuralist philosopher that enjoys French cuisine?

5. Where did Gopnik first hear the term "lessons from things."

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