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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. 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.

2. How does Paris look at the time of the strike in the chapter, The Strike?
(a) It seems cheerful and sunny and spring is coming.
(b) It is very dirty due to the sanitation workers striking.
(c) It is decorated for Christmas.
(d) The city seems gray and drab in the wake of all the negative strike propaganda.

3. Where is Gopnik's fax machine made?
(a) It is made in Sweden.
(b) It is a U.S. machine he brought over.
(c) It is made by France Telecom in France.
(d) It is made in China.

4. How much had Juppe rented his apartment to himself for?
(a) Five hundred dollars a month.
(b) One thousand dollars a month.
(c) Five thousand dollars a month.
(d) Three thousand dollars a month.

5. What is the stadium eventually named in The Rules of the Sport?
(a) Place Zinedine.
(b) The French Stadium.
(c) L'espirit de Sport.
(d) Le Stade Platini.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did the jury deliberate in the Papon case?

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

4. What did Adam have to undergo before he was allowed to work out on the machines at this gym?

5. What percentage of the population was in favor of stopping work at fifty-five in The Chill?

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