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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color of track suits do the employees of Adam's gym wear?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

2. What magazine is Nicole Wisniak an editor for?
(a) Egoiste.
(b) Marie Claire.
(c) Elle.
(d) Liberte.

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

4. How did the prosecution consider Papon's sentence?
(a) The were shocked by its outcome.
(b) They saw it as a complete failure as he was not sentenced to death.
(c) They were indifferent to the sentence because the trial was more important than its outcome.
(d) They saw it as a victory for bringing down a powerful man.

5. What percentage of the population was in favor of stopping work at fifty-five in The Chill?
(a) 70 percent.
(b) 55 percent.
(c) 80 percent.
(d) 20 percent.

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

7. What sentence was Papon given by the jury?
(a) Ten years in prison.
(b) He was fined 500,000 dollars.
(c) He was given a pardon for his work for the state.
(d) Death.

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

9. Where was the Givenchy show held in Couture Shock?
(a) In the Luxembourg Gardens.
(b) In the Louvre.
(c) At the George V.
(d) In a stadium.

10. What does Nisha's spouse do for a job?
(a) He is a chauffeur.
(b) He is a doctor.
(c) He is a professor.
(d) He is a chef.

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

12. What book written by Juppe does Gopnik mention in Private Domain?
(a) La Tentation de Vinse.
(b) Emile.
(c) L'Affaire des logements.
(d) Verite.

13. What gym did Adam and Martha first try out on in Paris?
(a) The health club at the Ritz.
(b) Regiment Rouge.
(c) Haussmann.
(d) Place Americaine.

14. When Gopnik sits on a panel in Distant Errors, who does the panel blame for the American dominance of culture?
(a) Hollywood.
(b) The CIA and Disney.
(c) The CIA and Ford.
(d) Walmart and McDonald's.

15. Who appointed Juppe to his position as Prime Minister?
(a) Christine Ockrent.
(b) He was voted in by the populace.
(c) Jacques Chirac.
(d) Edouard Balladur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which nationality champions producerism, according to Gopnik?

2. What year did Gopnik enjoy his first stay in Paris for one year?

3. What restaurant does Gopnik attend at the end of The Crisis of French Cooking where he has a wonderful French meal?

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

5. What class is most enthusiastic about the strikes in France?

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