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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The World Cup, and After, The Balzar Wars.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many remotes does Gopnik receive for his television in Winter Circus?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. How many nations participate in the World Cup tournament?
(a) 63.
(b) 32.
(c) 15.
(d) 22.

4. Which publication first revealed that Juppe had leased an apartment from the domaine privee of the city of Paris?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Le Monde.
(c) The weekly comic paper Le Canard Enchaine.
(d) The British paper, The Financial Times.

5. When did Gopnik and his wife go to Paris before their move there in 1995?
(a) They had never been to Paris together before the move in 1995.
(b) They went there on their honeymoon.
(c) They lived there for their first year of marriage in 1989.
(d) They stayed there for a week before they were married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bothers Gopnik most about soccer?

2. Which two American authors does Philippe Sollers debate with Gopnik?

3. What is Gopnik's favorite sport?

4. What is the name of Adam's cousin who had fled Paris for London and made a small fortune in banking?

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

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