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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Unspoiled Monsters, pp. 12 - 45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jones imply that he is considering?
(a) Suicide.
(b) A new career.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Moving to Europe.

2. What could have been the reason Capote never finished the book?
(a) He died before he could finish it.
(b) He got too ill to complete it.
(c) He knew it would never achieve his standards.
(d) He simply got tired of writing.

3. What is notable about this book?
(a) It is written in French.
(b) It is unpublished.
(c) It is a biography.
(d) It is an uncompleted novel.

4. Which famous French novelist does Jones meet in Paris?
(a) Annie Ernaux.
(b) Marcel Proust.
(c) Antoine de Saint Exupery.
(d) Colette.

5. What is Fox's first theory of what happened to the rest of this book?
(a) A full manuscript was never completed.
(b) A full manuscript is forgotten somewhere.
(c) A few more chapters were burned in a house fire.
(d) More chapters are in a safe deposit box.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Jones engage in homosexual experiences at an early age?

2. How can Capote's private persona be generally described?

3. How does the editor refer to the narrator of the book?

4. Why does Jones say it would be pointless to climb out the window?

5. Why does Fouts send Jones a first class ticket to Paris?

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