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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Papon flee to after he was convicted?
(a) Germany.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Belgium.

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

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

5. What year did Gopnik enjoy his first stay in Paris for one year?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1969.

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

7. Which nationality champions producerism, according to Gopnik?
(a) American.
(b) French.
(c) Chinese.
(d) British.

8. How many haute couture shows were in Paris in Couture Shock?
(a) 12.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

9. 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.

10. What is the stadium eventually named in The Rules of the Sport?
(a) The French Stadium.
(b) Le Stade Platini.
(c) Place Zinedine.
(d) L'espirit de Sport.

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

12. How many good soccer teams does Paris have?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

13. Who does Gopnik trace the history of French cuisine to?
(a) Auguste Excoffier.
(b) Jean-Paul LaChevre.
(c) Julia Child.
(d) Helene Berchtold.

14. What company was M. Meyssonier the president of?
(a) A mortgage lending company.
(b) A sanitation company.
(c) An engineering firm.
(d) A telephone company.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book written by Juppe does Gopnik mention in Private Domain?

2. How does Gopnik's turkey in The Strike compare with his previous experiences with turkeys?

3. According to legend, what is supposed to take the place of sports for men in France?

4. How does the taxidermy shop make most of its money in Winter Circus?

5. What error displays most often on Gopnik's fax machine?

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