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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Couture Shock and The Crisis in French Cooking.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What position did Maurice Papon have in the Gironde department?
(a) He was the mayor of Bordeaux.
(b) He was the secretary general.
(c) He was a magistrate.
(d) He was the governor.

3. What did Adam's gym do to celebrate their opening?
(a) They hosted a relay race.
(b) The had a crepe party.
(c) They hosted a concert.
(d) They had a dance.

4. What does Gopnik call the notion that Americans wanted to consume in a world where workers were hidden or dressed up as nonhumans, so as not to be disconcerting?
(a) McDonalds.
(b) Disney World.
(c) Paris in July.
(d) Wonderland.

5. What prevents signs and cultures from going universal?
(a) Art.
(b) Language.
(c) Religion.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the magazine that Adam Gopnik works as a correspondent for?

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

3. Where did Papon flee to after he was convicted?

4. Shortly after the problem with the tourist, why was the tower closed for several days in Trouble at the Tower?

5. In what way was Gopnik worried that the strike would affect his life in the chapter The Strike?

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