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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. Why does Fouts send Jones a first class ticket to Paris?
(a) He was attracted to Jones' stories.
(b) He wanted him to attend his premiere.
(c) He wanted his advice.
(d) He missed him.

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

3. Why does Jones say it was too late for him to move to the country?
(a) He already bought property in a suburb.
(b) The farm he was interested sold to someone else.
(c) He was living in a townhouse.
(d) He had already headed to the Earth's interior.

4. What advice does the person in #68 give to Jones?
(a) Write every day regardless of what else is happening.
(b) Always respect the ambitious child within.
(c) Never listen to critics.
(d) Get up early every day to start writing.

5. Who is one of the authors that Jones meets at Boatwright's parties?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) William Faulkner.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does P.B. Jones say he has met?

5. What did Capote change during the writing of this book?

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