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

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) The CIA and Disney.
(b) Walmart and McDonald's.
(c) The CIA and Ford.
(d) Hollywood.

2. What class is most enthusiastic about the strikes in France?
(a) The lower class.
(b) All classes are equally invested in strikes.
(c) The upper class.
(d) The middle class.

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

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

5. How old is Juppe in Private Domain?
(a) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 61.
(d) 22.

6. Where does Adam take Luke on rainy days?
(a) The taxidermy shop.
(b) The Ritz pool.
(c) The Luxembourg Gardens.
(d) The toy store.

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

8. What sentence was Papon given by the jury?
(a) He was fined 500,000 dollars.
(b) He was given a pardon for his work for the state.
(c) Death.
(d) Ten years in prison.

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

10. How many Jews were deported to Auschwitz death camp while Papon was in power?
(a) 50.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 500.

11. How did Karen Mulder "steal the show" at the Yves Saint Laurent show?
(a) She sat next to Georgio Armani and refused to acknowledge Christian Lacroix.
(b) She slapped Claudia Schiffer.
(c) She wore a see through top and covered her breats with her fingertips.
(d) She wore a jaw dropping red dress created for her by the designer.

12. 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 lived there for their first year of marriage in 1989.
(c) They went there on their honeymoon.
(d) They stayed there for a week before they were married.

13. What is not one of the names suggested for the new stadium in The Rules of the Sport?
(a) Place Zinedine.
(b) They wanted to name it after Saint-Exupery.
(c) Le Stade Platini.
(d) Verlaine.

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

15. Where did Papon flee to after he was convicted?
(a) Germany.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Switzerland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Gopnik enjoy his first stay in Paris for one year?

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

3. What was the unemployment rate in France in The Chill?

4. Where was the Givenchy show held in Couture Shock?

5. What is the name of the gym Adam and Martha eventually join?

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