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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 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.

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

3. Who appointed Juppe to his position as Prime Minister?
(a) He was voted in by the populace.
(b) Edouard Balladur.
(c) Jacques Chirac.
(d) Christine Ockrent.

4. What is the name of the taxidermy shop on rue du Bac?
(a) Dreyolle.
(b) Orlovska.
(c) Oiseau.
(d) Minochette.

5. What did Adam and Martha buy from BHV, that they had to return in The Winter Circus?
(a) A teapot.
(b) An iron.
(c) A toaster.
(d) A television.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the prosecution consider Papon's sentence?

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

4. What company was M. Meyssonier the president of?

5. When Gopnik sits on a panel in Distant Errors, who does the panel blame for the American dominance of culture?

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