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

2. What sickness does Luke contract in A Machine to Draw the World?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Salmonella.
(c) Mono.
(d) Lupis.

3. What is Gopnik's opinion of Mitterrand's grand projects such as the library?
(a) He is awestruck by them.
(b) They do not impress him.
(c) He is indifferent to them.
(d) He finds them very homey.

4. Why does Luke refuse to enter the Barthelemy on rue de Grenelle?
(a) He does not like the smell.
(b) He carcasses of meat scare him.
(c) He is afraid of the Butcher.
(d) He loves to play hopscotch outside the store instead.

5. Where is Gopnik's fax machine made?
(a) It is made in Sweden.
(b) It is a U.S. machine he brought over.
(c) It is made in China.
(d) It is made by France Telecom in France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Alice Waters from originally?

2. What movies does Luke form an attachment to in Barney?

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

4. What political figure does Gopnik compare Barney to?

5. What prevents signs and cultures from going universal?

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