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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Winter Circus—The Strike and The Winter Circus, Christmas Journal 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nisha's spouse do for a job?
(a) He is a doctor.
(b) He is a chauffeur.
(c) He is a professor.
(d) He is a chef.

2. How does Paris look at the time of the strike in the chapter, The Strike?
(a) It is decorated for Christmas.
(b) It seems cheerful and sunny and spring is coming.
(c) The city seems gray and drab in the wake of all the negative strike propaganda.
(d) It is very dirty due to the sanitation workers striking.

3. When did Gopnik and his wife go to Paris before their move there in 1995?
(a) They had never been to Paris together before the move in 1995.
(b) They stayed there for a week before they were married.
(c) They went there on their honeymoon.
(d) They lived there for their first year of marriage in 1989.

4. In what way was Gopnik worried that the strike would affect his life in the chapter The Strike?
(a) He was worried his apartment would be vandalized.
(b) He was worried he would not receive a turkey he had ordered.
(c) He was worried that his telephone service would be interrupted.
(d) He was worried he wouldn't be able to use the metro for his daily commute.

5. What class is most enthusiastic about the strikes in France?
(a) The middle class.
(b) The lower class.
(c) The upper class.
(d) All classes are equally invested in strikes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Adam attending the Baudrillard seminar in Winter Circus?

2. Which is not one of the estimates of the number of domaine prive apartments listed in the chapter Private Domain?

3. Where is Luke's baby-sitter Nisha from?

4. What book written by Juppe does Gopnik mention in Private Domain?

5. How old is Luke when the Gopniks arrived in Paris?

(see the answer key)

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