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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 many visits did Adam's new gym suggest he have per week for a "New York-style" commitment?
(a) Once per week.
(b) Four times a week.
(c) Twice a week.
(d) Three times a week.

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

3. What nationality was the tourist that got off on the first platform rather than the second in Trouble at the Tower?
(a) American.
(b) British.
(c) Canadian.
(d) German.

4. Who wrote the treatise L'Horreur Economique?
(a) Celeste Prix.
(b) Jean Medicis.
(c) Nicole Lepen.
(d) Viviane Forrester.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two American authors does Philippe Sollers debate with Gopnik?

2. Which designer created a forest-like set in Couture Shock?

3. What movie star did Gopnik and his cousin fall in love with, when they were boys?

4. What does Gopnik call the notion that Americans wanted to consume in a world where workers were hidden or dressed up as nonhumans, so as not to be disconcerting?

5. What was the first fashion show that Gopnik attended in France?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the French regard fact checking?

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

3. Why is it difficult to be lonely in Paris, according to Gopnik?

4. How does the new owner of the Balzar respond to the protesters?

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

6. What does Gopnik think is the sublime moment in cooking?

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

8. Why does Gopnik think that writing is sometimes a depressing job?

9. What idea does Alice have for a restaurant in the Louvre?

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

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