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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. What is the name of the movement that brought an emphasis on spices to compete with this ethic of the soil?
(a) Cuisine francaise.
(b) Le mode parfait.
(c) Premiere preparation.
(d) Nouvelle cuisine.

2. Which is not one of the estimates of the number of domaine prive apartments listed in the chapter Private Domain?
(a) 1300.
(b) 1500.
(c) More than 4000.
(d) 3000.

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

4. What do the French insist on putting on their Christmas trees?
(a) A series of cuts in the stem marking the day it was cut.
(b) Real candles on the boughs.
(c) A wooden cross at the bottom that makes it difficult to water the tree.
(d) A nutcracker hidden in the boughs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of the population was in favor of stopping work at fifty-five in The Chill?

2. Who appointed Juppe to his position as Prime Minister?

3. How many visits did Adam's new gym suggest he have per week for a "New York-style" commitment?

4. Where does Adam take Luke on rainy days?

5. What food does Gopnik miss more than any other American food in Distant Errors?

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