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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What error displays most often on Gopnik's fax machine?
(a) Bourage de papier.
(b) Pas de probleme.
(c) Erreur distante.
(d) Pas d'identitie.

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

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

5. What did Adam and Martha buy from BHV, that they had to return in The Winter Circus?
(a) A television.
(b) A toaster.
(c) An iron.
(d) A teapot.

6. 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 made in Sweden.
(d) It is a U.S. machine he brought over.

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

8. 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.

9. What company was M. Meyssonier the president of?
(a) A sanitation company.
(b) A mortgage lending company.
(c) A telephone company.
(d) An engineering firm.

10. How does the taxidermy shop make most of its money in Winter Circus?
(a) Stuffing beloved family pets.
(b) Stuffing exotic animals from hunting expeditions.
(c) Selling bugs and butterflies to collectors.
(d) Stuffing animals for various zoos.

11. Which famous writer had once been the mayor of Bordeaux, as mentioned in the chapter Private Domain?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Emile Zola.
(c) Montaigne.
(d) Pascal.

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

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

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

15. 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) 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 decorated for Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Maurice Papon have in the Gironde department?

2. What magazine is Nicole Wisniak an editor for?

3. Where are most of the fashion shows held in Couture Shock?

4. What does Nisha's spouse do for a job?

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

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