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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the bill supported by Le Pen which would have required people inform police if they had a foreign guest?
(a) Le Pen's bill.
(b) Crise bill.
(c) Debre bill.
(d) Vichy bill.

2. Which area of Paris does Gopnik find his apartment in?
(a) He isn't able to find an apartment in Paris and moves to the suburbs.
(b) The Fourth Arrondissment.
(c) The Sixth Arrondissement.
(d) The Seventh Arrondissement.

3. 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 woman was credited money.
(d) The employee was fired.

4. Where are most of the fashion shows held in Couture Shock?
(a) Theatres.
(b) Restaurants.
(c) Hotels.
(d) Museums.

5. Where is Luke's baby-sitter Nisha from?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Sri Lanka.
(c) Senegal.
(d) Argentina.

6. What does Luke like to do outside the toy store on the boulevard Saint-Germain?
(a) Ride the musical horse.
(b) Look at the window at the displays.
(c) Eat a giant scoop of ice cream.
(d) Listen to the street performers.

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

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

9. How did the prosecution consider Papon's sentence?
(a) They saw it as a complete failure as he was not sentenced to death.
(b) The were shocked by its outcome.
(c) They were indifferent to the sentence because the trial was more important than its outcome.
(d) They saw it as a victory for bringing down a powerful man.

10. What is the name of Adam's cousin who had fled Paris for London and made a small fortune in banking?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Max.
(c) Louis.
(d) Philippe.

11. Shortly after the problem with the tourist, why was the tower closed for several days in Trouble at the Tower?
(a) The workers went on strike.
(b) Security cameras were being mounted on the tower.
(c) The government installed automated ticket takers.
(d) A new elevator was installed.

12. What do the students want to achieve from their strike?
(a) They want more government housing options for students and newer buildings on college campuses.
(b) They want better health benefits.
(c) They want smaller classes and more government subsidies.
(d) They want more guaranteed jobs after graduation.

13. What do the French insist on putting on their Christmas trees?
(a) A series of cuts in the stem marking the day it was cut.
(b) A nutcracker hidden in the boughs.
(c) A wooden cross at the bottom that makes it difficult to water the tree.
(d) Real candles on the boughs.

14. Which fashion show captivated Gopnik in the way of a "romantic cartoon," in Couture Shock?
(a) Olivier Lapidus.
(b) Yves Saint Laurent.
(c) Christian Lacroix.
(d) Ungaro.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much had Juppe rented his apartment to himself for?

2. What movie star did Gopnik and his cousin fall in love with, when they were boys?

3. Which workers were the first to begin a strike in the chapter The Strike?

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

5. What is the name of the French economist who claimed that the U.S. economy was stagnant?

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