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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the treatise L'Horreur Economique?

3. What do the French insist on putting on their Christmas trees?

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

5. After the tourist, a successful writer, formed a complaint against the tower employee in Trouble at the Tower, what action was taken?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Distant Errors, Christmas Journal 2, how does Gopnik feel about his experience of immigrating to Paris?

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

3. How does Gopnik describe Alice?

4. How do the French regard fact checking?

5. Why does Gopnik realize that trying to buy out the owner of the Balzar would be unsuccessful in A Handful of Cherries?

6. According to Gopnik, how is pregnancy and childbirth viewed differently in France from the U.S.?

7. According to Gopnik, how do the French see life?

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

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

10. According to Gopnik in "Paris to the Moon", how have Americans through the generations regarded Paris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the inclusion of current events in "Paris to the Moon" make Gopnik's theme more relevant to contemporary society?

Essay Topic 2

How does Gopnik highlight the theme of observation, and how does he connect this theme with the importance of writing?

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of fashion displayed in "Paris to the Moon" and how does Gopnik draw attention to the query, what makes something fashionable?

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