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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. What was the first fashion show that Gopnik attended in France?
(a) The Givenchy Show.
(b) The Valentio show.
(c) The Yves St. Laurent show.
(d) The Gucci show.

2. What book written by Juppe does Gopnik mention in Private Domain?
(a) L'Affaire des logements.
(b) La Tentation de Vinse.
(c) Emile.
(d) Verite.

3. Which workers were the first to begin a strike in the chapter The Strike?
(a) The sanitation workers.
(b) Telephone company workers.
(c) Police officers.
(d) The railroad workers.

4. According to Gopnik in Distant Errors, what is the magic American word?
(a) Love.
(b) Fun.
(c) Things.
(d) Freedom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the magazine that Adam Gopnik works as a correspondent for?

2. How many Jews were deported to Auschwitz death camp while Papon was in power?

3. When did Gopnik and his wife go to Paris before their move there in 1995?

4. What is the name of the gym Adam and Martha eventually join?

5. In what way was Gopnik worried that the strike would affect his life in the chapter The Strike?

Short Essay Questions

1. What game do the older children play at the carousel at the Luxembourg Gardens.

2. What does Gopnik regret after New Years in One Last Year?

3. What do Gopnik and Quelin discuss in their dinner together?

4. Why does Gopnik view the French as stubborn in the chapter, The Strike?

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

6. Why wouldn't the Rookie have fought in WWI?

7. Describe the Ritz pool.

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

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

10. How does Gopnik describe Alice?

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