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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Papon's Paper Trail and Trouble at the Tower.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does Gopnik miss more than any other American food in Distant Errors?
(a) A bran muffin.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Soup.
(d) Pizza.

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

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

4. What was the profession of Gopnik's parents?
(a) They were college professors.
(b) They were artists.
(c) They were both writers.
(d) They were chefs.

5. After the tourist, a successful writer, formed a complaint against the tower employee in Trouble at the Tower, what action was taken?
(a) The employee was fired.
(b) The woman was barred from riding the tower again.
(c) Nothing happened and her complaint was dismissed.
(d) The woman was credited money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sentence was Papon given by the jury?

2. What position did Maurice Papon have in the Gironde department?

3. How did Adam first hear about the bomb going off in the Left Bank?

4. How does the taxidermy shop make most of its money in Winter Circus?

5. What was Papon accused of during his trial?

(see the answer key)

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