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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alice in Paris, A Machine to Draw the World, Christmas Journal 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Alice own a restaurant prior to her visit to France?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Berkeley.

2. How do French intellectuals regard the affect of American culture on France?
(a) They blame America for the decline of French art and literature.
(b) They think America has no influence whatsoever on the French arts.
(c) They are completely indifferent with American culture and don't even know prominent American authors.
(d) They love abstract influence from America and credit it with changing French thought.

3. What is Gopnik's model of fax machine?
(a) Le Premiere fax.
(b) Le Presidente.
(c) Timprenteur 2000.
(d) Galeo 5000.

4. What do the French insist on putting on their Christmas trees?
(a) A nutcracker hidden in the boughs.
(b) Real candles on the boughs.
(c) A wooden cross at the bottom that makes it difficult to water the tree.
(d) A series of cuts in the stem marking the day it was cut.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What political figure does Gopnik compare Barney to?

2. Where is Alice Waters from originally?

3. What response do Luke's French friend have to Barney?

4. What magazine is Nicole Wisniak an editor for?

5. Who helps Gopnik prepare the meal for Alice?

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