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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Couture Shock and The Crisis in French Cooking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gopnik's turkey in The Strike compare with his previous experiences with turkeys?
(a) It tastes much poorer than other turkeys he has had.
(b) It is the best tasting turkey he has ever had.
(c) It is much more salty than he remembers turkey being.
(d) It has a very tough texture, but still tastes good.

2. What is the name of the magazine that Adam Gopnik works as a correspondent for?
(a) Better Homes and Garden.
(b) Wired.
(c) Time Magazine.
(d) The New Yorker.

3. What is the name of the taxidermy shop on rue du Bac?
(a) Orlovska.
(b) Minochette.
(c) Dreyolle.
(d) Oiseau.

4. What is the name of the gym Adam and Martha eventually join?
(a) Haussmann.
(b) Place Americaine.
(c) The Ritz health club.
(d) Regiment Rouge.

5. Which famous writer had once been the mayor of Bordeaux, as mentioned in the chapter Private Domain?
(a) Emile Zola.
(b) Pascal.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Montaigne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the movement that brought an emphasis on spices to compete with this ethic of the soil?

2. According to Gopnik in Distant Errors, what is the magic American word?

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

4. What nationality was the tourist that got off on the first platform rather than the second in Trouble at the Tower?

5. Which publication first revealed that Juppe had leased an apartment from the domaine privee of the city of Paris?

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