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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. How does Gopnik's turkey in The Strike compare with his previous experiences with turkeys?
(a) It is the best tasting turkey he has ever had.
(b) It is much more salty than he remembers turkey being.
(c) It tastes much poorer than other turkeys he has had.
(d) It has a very tough texture, but still tastes good.

2. 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) Disney World.
(b) Paris in July.
(c) Wonderland.
(d) McDonalds.

3. Which is not one of the animals mentioned in the taxidermy shop in Winter Circus?
(a) Giraffe.
(b) Polar Bear.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Jaguar.

4. After the tourist, a successful writer, formed a complaint against the tower employee in Trouble at the Tower, what action was taken?
(a) Nothing happened and her complaint was dismissed.
(b) The woman was barred from riding the tower again.
(c) The employee was fired.
(d) The woman was credited money.

5. Where was the Givenchy show held in Couture Shock?
(a) In a stadium.
(b) At the George V.
(c) In the Louvre.
(d) In the Luxembourg Gardens.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Karen Mulder "steal the show" at the Yves Saint Laurent show?

2. Why don't Adam and Nicole eat at Cafe de Flores in A Tale of Two Cafes?

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

4. What was the profession of Gopnik's parents?

5. What error displays most often on Gopnik's fax machine?

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