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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the author of Les Enfants de Saturne, who Gopnik contacts in A Tale of Two Cafes?

2. What was the first fashion show that Gopnik attended in France?

3. How many remotes does Gopnik receive for his television in Winter Circus?

4. How many Jews were deported to Auschwitz death camp while Papon was in power?

5. What color of track suits do the employees of Adam's gym wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What idea does Alice have for a restaurant in the Louvre?

2. Why does Gopnik realize that trying to buy out the owner of the Balzar would be unsuccessful in A Handful of Cherries?

3. Why does Gopnik object to more transparency in France?

4. How are pregnant women treated in France?

5. According to Gopnik, what keeps France functioning and unified?

6. What is the "machine to draw the world"?

7. Describe the engraving, Paris to the Moon, that Gopnik and his wife buy in Paris.

8. What do Gopnik and Quelin discuss in their dinner together?

9. What did Gopnik name his "two cafe problem" after?

10. How did the movement to lower the age of retirement begin in France in The Chill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of fashion displayed in "Paris to the Moon" and how does Gopnik draw attention to the query, what makes something fashionable?

Essay Topic 2

Identify at least three extended metaphors included in "Paris to the Moon" and discuss how Gopnik establishes them and uses them to contribute to thematic patterning.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Gopnik establishes the setting of Paris in the novel and how the setting contributes to the plot and themes introduced in the book.

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