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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. How much had Juppe rented his apartment to himself for?

2. Which nationality champions producerism, according to Gopnik?

3. What does Nisha's spouse do for a job?

4. What did Adam listen to when he road the bicycle in The Rules of the Sport?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the French regard fact checking?

2. How does Gopnik describe the video personality, Barney?

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

4. What action do the other employees take when an employee is fired over the altercation with the British tourist in Trouble at the Tower?

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

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

7. According to Gopnik, how do the French feel about American-style sports and stadiums?

8. What are the complaints of the waiters of the Balzar restaurant in A Handful of Cherries?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is the tone of "Paris to the Moon" and what literary tools does Gopnik use to create this tone?

Essay Topic 3

How does Gopnik illustrate the French penchant for over-dramatization and what does he delineate is the cause for their melodramatic ways?

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