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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many haute couture shows were in Paris in Couture Shock?
(a) 10.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.
2. What did Adam and Martha buy from BHV, that they had to return in The Winter Circus?
(a) A television.
(b) A teapot.
(c) A toaster.
(d) An iron.
3. What is the name of the French economist who claimed that the U.S. economy was stagnant?
(a) Emmanuel Todd.
(b) Bertrand Heloise.
(c) Chen.
(d) Philippe Sollers.
4. 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.
5. What do the French insist on putting on their Christmas trees?
(a) Real candles on the boughs.
(b) A nutcracker hidden in the boughs.
(c) A series of cuts in the stem marking the day it was cut.
(d) A wooden cross at the bottom that makes it difficult to water the tree.
6. Who appointed Juppe to his position as Prime Minister?
(a) Jacques Chirac.
(b) He was voted in by the populace.
(c) Edouard Balladur.
(d) Christine Ockrent.
7. Which famous writer had once been the mayor of Bordeaux, as mentioned in the chapter Private Domain?
(a) Montaigne.
(b) Pascal.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Emile Zola.
8. What did Adam have to undergo before he was allowed to work out on the machines at this gym?
(a) He had to get his eyes checked.
(b) He had to pass a test on safety exam.
(c) He had to have a background check.
(d) A consultation with the gym "professeur."
9. How did Karen Mulder "steal the show" at the Yves Saint Laurent show?
(a) She wore a jaw dropping red dress created for her by the designer.
(b) She slapped Claudia Schiffer.
(c) She wore a see through top and covered her breats with her fingertips.
(d) She sat next to Georgio Armani and refused to acknowledge Christian Lacroix.
10. Where is Adam attending the Baudrillard seminar in Winter Circus?
(a) The Louvre.
(b) The Sorbonne.
(c) Lycee Paris.
(d) The Beaubourg.
11. What year did Gopnik enjoy his first stay in Paris for one year?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1991.
12. What was the first fashion show that Gopnik attended in France?
(a) The Gucci show.
(b) The Valentio show.
(c) The Yves St. Laurent show.
(d) The Givenchy Show.
13. What is not one of the names suggested for the new stadium in The Rules of the Sport?
(a) Verlaine.
(b) Le Stade Platini.
(c) Place Zinedine.
(d) They wanted to name it after Saint-Exupery.
14. What does Nisha's spouse do for a job?
(a) He is a chauffeur.
(b) He is a professor.
(c) He is a chef.
(d) He is a doctor.
15. What restaurant does Gopnik attend at the end of The Crisis of French Cooking where he has a wonderful French meal?
(a) Spago.
(b) Lexards.
(c) Tournesol.
(d) Derenne.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many good soccer teams does Paris have?
2. How did Adam first hear about the bomb going off in the Left Bank?
3. What is the name of the gym Adam and Martha eventually join?
4. What is the name of the author of Les Enfants de Saturne, who Gopnik contacts in A Tale of Two Cafes?
5. What color is the marquee of the Cafe Deux Magots?
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