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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 wore a see through top and covered her breats with her fingertips.
(c) She sat next to Georgio Armani and refused to acknowledge Christian Lacroix.
(d) She slapped Claudia Schiffer.

2. What is remarkable about the turkey that Gopnik receives in The Strike?
(a) It is a rare breed of turkey.
(b) It is extremely large.
(c) It has not been frozen and was raised in open air.
(d) It was shipped from America.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the marquee of the Cafe Deux Magots?

2. What was the profession of Gopnik's parents?

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

4. Who wrote the treatise L'Horreur Economique?

5. According to Gopnik in Distant Errors, what is the magic American word?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the engraving, Paris to the Moon, that Gopnik and his wife buy in Paris.

2. Why are people worried that French cooking may be deteriorating?

3. What does interest in sports identify a Frenchman as?

4. What prompts Gopnik to invent the bedtime story of The Rookie for his son Luke?

5. What is the "machine to draw the world"?

6. What did Gopnik observe of the other patrons after he dove into the pool at the Ritz?

7. What game does Adam play with Luke at the Ritz pool?

8. Describe the Ritz pool.

9. What request does Jerome Meyssonier make when he agrees to be taken hostage in The Chill?

10. After Luke is born, what motivates Gopnik to move to Paris sooner rather than later?

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