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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. Why don't Adam and Nicole eat at Cafe de Flores in A Tale of Two Cafes?
(a) It is too expensive.
(b) Nicole does not like the food.
(c) It is unfashionable.
(d) There aren't any tables available.

2. What is the name of the author of Les Enfants de Saturne, who Gopnik contacts in A Tale of Two Cafes?
(a) Jean-Paul Enthove.
(b) Charles Maurras.
(c) Roger Cazes.
(d) Paul Boubal.

3. What news do the Gopnik's receive in April in A Machine to draw the World?
(a) They find out Luke has a terminal illness.
(b) They find out Gopnik's job is being disolved.
(c) They are told they have three months to move.
(d) They are told they are expecting a baby.

4. Which two American authors does Philippe Sollers debate with Gopnik?
(a) Roth and Updike.
(b) Dickinson and Hemingway.
(c) Fitzgerald and Twain.
(d) Sinclair and Faulkner.

5. Why is Alice in Paris?
(a) She is opening a restaurant at the Louvre.
(b) She is a receiving an award.
(c) She is visiting Adam.
(d) She is learning a new pastry technique.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the French economist who claimed that the U.S. economy was stagnant?

2. What sound awakens Gopnik on his first morning at home on the Left Bank?

3. Which is not one of the girls from Luke's two-year old gym class mentioned in Barney?

4. What surprise do the Gopnik's receive at Christmas in A Machine to Draw the World?

5. What profession does Antoine Jacobsohn hold?

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