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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two American authors does Philippe Sollers debate with Gopnik?
(a) Roth and Updike.
(b) Fitzgerald and Twain.
(c) Dickinson and Hemingway.
(d) Sinclair and Faulkner.

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

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

4. What color of frame did the Gopniks frame their engraving of Paris to the Moon?
(a) Gold.
(b) Brown.
(c) Silver.
(d) Black.

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

6. Where is Adam attending the Baudrillard seminar in Winter Circus?
(a) The Louvre.
(b) Lycee Paris.
(c) The Beaubourg.
(d) The Sorbonne.

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

8. Who does Gopnik trace the history of French cuisine to?
(a) Helene Berchtold.
(b) Jean-Paul LaChevre.
(c) Julia Child.
(d) Auguste Excoffier.

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

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

11. According to legend, what is supposed to take the place of sports for men in France?
(a) Hunting and food.
(b) Sex and food.
(c) Work and food.
(d) Books and music.

12. What is the name of the gym Adam and Martha eventually join?
(a) The Ritz health club.
(b) Haussmann.
(c) Place Americaine.
(d) Regiment Rouge.

13. 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.

14. In what way was Gopnik worried that the strike would affect his life in the chapter The Strike?
(a) He was worried that his telephone service would be interrupted.
(b) He was worried he would not receive a turkey he had ordered.
(c) He was worried his apartment would be vandalized.
(d) He was worried he wouldn't be able to use the metro for his daily commute.

15. What is the name of the satirical paper that Gopnik buys every Wednesday?
(a) L'Olympus.
(b) Le Canard Enchaine.
(c) Les Deux Enfants.
(d) Le Monde.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of the daily sports paper in France?

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

4. What did Adam and Martha buy from BHV, that they had to return in The Winter Circus?

5. What magazine is Nicole Wisniak an editor for?

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