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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. What prevents signs and cultures from going universal?
(a) Language.
(b) Religion.
(c) Literature.
(d) Art.

2. What response do Luke's French friend have to Barney?
(a) They refuse to watch him.
(b) They like him.
(c) They hate him.
(d) They are completely indifferent to him.

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

4. What movies does Luke form an attachment to in Barney?
(a) Asterix.
(b) Charlie Chaplin Films.
(c) Lucky Luke.
(d) Babar.

5. What is the name of the French economist who claimed that the U.S. economy was stagnant?
(a) Bertrand Heloise.
(b) Chen.
(c) Emmanuel Todd.
(d) Philippe Sollers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sickness does Luke contract in A Machine to Draw the World?

2. What color is the marquee of the Cafe Deux Magots?

3. How do French intellectuals regard the affect of American culture on France?

4. What doesn't Luke like on his hamburger?

5. What food does Gopnik miss more than any other American food in Distant Errors?

(see the answer key)

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