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

2. Which designer created a forest-like set in Couture Shock?
(a) Valentino.
(b) Yves Saint Laurent.
(c) Ungaro.
(d) Olivier Lapidus.

3. What is the name of the restaurant who created the complex dessert of braised tomato?
(a) Arpege.
(b) Centimille.
(c) Cafe du Flores.
(d) Deux Magots.

4. Why don't Adam and Nicole eat at Cafe de Flores in A Tale of Two Cafes?
(a) Nicole does not like the food.
(b) It is unfashionable.
(c) There aren't any tables available.
(d) It is too expensive.

5. Which nationality champions producerism, according to Gopnik?
(a) Chinese.
(b) American.
(c) French.
(d) British.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Gopnik sits on a panel in Distant Errors, who does the panel blame for the American dominance of culture?

3. Who does Gopnik trace the history of French cuisine to?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the midwife advise Adam not to tell the cab driver that Martha is in labor when they go to the hospital?

2. Describe the appearance of the Balzar.

3. What was the goal of the strikers in the chapter, The Strike?

4. What request did Claude Blanchot make to the association of Balzar supporters in A Handful of Cherries?

5. How are pregnant women treated in France?

6. How do the French regard fact checking?

7. What do men generally discuss to break the ice in France?

8. What prominent American trial does Gopnik compare Papon's trial with?

9. How is Luke exposed to Barney for the first time?

10. According to Gopnik, why do most people love Paris?

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