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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. 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.

2. What class is most enthusiastic about the strikes in France?
(a) All classes are equally invested in strikes.
(b) The lower class.
(c) The middle class.
(d) The upper class.

3. When Gopnik sits on a panel in Distant Errors, who does the panel blame for the American dominance of culture?
(a) Hollywood.
(b) The CIA and Disney.
(c) The CIA and Ford.
(d) Walmart and McDonald's.

4. What is remarkable about the turkey that Gopnik receives in The Strike?
(a) It is a rare breed of turkey.
(b) It was shipped from America.
(c) It has not been frozen and was raised in open air.
(d) It is extremely large.

5. Why don't Adam and Nicole eat at Cafe de Flores in A Tale of Two Cafes?
(a) There aren't any tables available.
(b) Nicole does not like the food.
(c) It is too expensive.
(d) It is unfashionable.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many haute couture shows were in Paris in Couture Shock?

2. What sentence was Papon given by the jury?

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

4. Which is not one of the animals mentioned in the taxidermy shop in Winter Circus?

5. How do French intellectuals regard the affect of American culture on France?

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