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Audio file is located at the bottom of the page. Read through these questions first. Then listen to the audio once to see what you understand. Listen a second time for details, making notes as you listen. On a separate piece of paper, write answers (using complete sentences please) to the following questions and bring to the next class. Remember: you are practising your listening skills. Use the audio as a source of information as much as you can; use the internet only as a last resort! At the end of the exercise, answer question A.
 * Instructions**
 * 1) What is Shakespeare and Co.?
 * 2) Where in Paris is it located?
 * 3) What type of people have lived in this area of Paris since Medieval times?
 * 4) The speaker says that the current funky Shakespeare and Co. is a 'reincarnation' of the original. Explain what this means in your own words.
 * 5) What did Sylvia Beach do and why?
 * 6) Based on what you have heard, what do you think the phrase “Picked up the literary torch” means?
 * 7) Who were the “lost generation” that flocked to the Left Bank, in the opinion of the speaker and why did they come to Paris?
 * 8) What was the “uptight prohibition era of the U.S."
 * 9) Some famous writers associated with Shakespeare and Co. are mentioned. Name three of them.
 * 10) Who wrote the book “Ullyses” and who published it?
 * 11) What does “got their English fix” mean, in your opinion?
 * 12) What does Shakespeare and Co. do today for struggling writers?
 * 13) What is the Paris Voice?
 * 14) Outside the store is a famous fountain. Who paid for it and why?
 * 15) What used to be beneath the Greek Maidens?

[|Shakespeare_And_Co.mp3]
 * Question A. How many questions did you answer successfully using only the audio?**