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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Unspoiled Monsters, pp. 73 - 97.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Boatwright tell Jones about Jones' stories?
(a) They are near perfection.
(b) They are brilliant.
(c) They are inspired.
(d) They aren't very good.

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(a) It is unpublished.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

3. Why did Jones engage in homosexual experiences at an early age?
(a) For adventure.
(b) For payment.
(c) On a dare.
(d) To shock people.

4. Truman Capote was popular from ______________________.
(a) the early 1950s into the early 1970s.
(b) the late 1970s into the early 1990s.
(c) the late 1940s into the early 1960s.
(d) the late 1960s into the early 1980s.

5. What happened to several more chapters of this book that were not published?
(a) Capote never showed them to anyone else.
(b) There were never any other chapters.
(c) They were burned in a house fire.
(d) They were lost on a crashed hard drive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could have been the reason Capote never finished the book?

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

3. What does the person in #68 give to Jones when he visits her/his home?

4. Jones is bullied by Miss Self into going on an appointment with whom?

5. What job does Hamilton suggest to Jones?

(see the answer key)

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