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

2. What does Luke like to do outside the toy store on the boulevard Saint-Germain?
(a) Ride the musical horse.
(b) Listen to the street performers.
(c) Eat a giant scoop of ice cream.
(d) Look at the window at the displays.

3. What color is the marquee of the Cafe Deux Magots?
(a) White with red lettering.
(b) Black with gilt lettering.
(c) Green with gilt lettering.
(d) White with green lettering.

4. What color is the marquee of the Cafe de Flore?
(a) Green with gilt lettering.
(b) White with black lettering.
(c) Red with black lettering.
(d) White with green lettering.

5. Which publication first revealed that Juppe had leased an apartment from the domaine privee of the city of Paris?
(a) The weekly comic paper Le Canard Enchaine.
(b) Le Monde.
(c) The British paper, The Financial Times.
(d) The New Yorker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the French economist who claimed that the U.S. economy was stagnant?

2. What magazine is Nicole Wisniak an editor for?

3. What is remarkable about the turkey that Gopnik receives in The Strike?

4. What sentence was Papon given by the jury?

5. What is the name of the taxidermy shop on rue du Bac?

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