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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Handful of Cherries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Adam attending the Baudrillard seminar in Winter Circus?
(a) Lycee Paris.
(b) The Sorbonne.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) The Beaubourg.

2. What surprise do the Gopnik's receive at Christmas in A Machine to Draw the World?
(a) They find a new apartment.
(b) Their grandparents come for a surpise visit.
(c) They find out they are expecting a baby.
(d) They are given a dog.

3. What does Bucher offer the waiters who leave the Balzar.
(a) He offers them nothing.
(b) A fat envelope.
(c) He offers them a reccommendation.
(d) He offers them a position in one of his other restaurants.

4. Which is not one of the restaurants mentioned in the first chapter, Paris to the Moon?
(a) Le Sasilic.
(b) Le Souffle.
(c) Chez Doux.
(d) Chez Andre.

5. How long does Gopnik braise a lamb for, when he prepares dinner for Waters?
(a) Twenty minutes.
(b) Four hours.
(c) Sixteen hours.
(d) Seven hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many haute couture shows were in Paris in Couture Shock?

2. How do French intellectuals regard the affect of American culture on France?

3. How many waiters did the Balzar have?

4. Where did Gopnik first hear the term "lessons from things."

5. Where are most of the fashion shows held in Couture Shock?

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