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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would be viable if Jones were to move to this location?
(a) His plants would have better morning light.
(b) He would sustain serious injury climbing out the window.
(c) His fear of heights would be exacerbated.
(d) He would have a better view of the city.

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

3. Jones was trained as a _________________.
(a) lawyer.
(b) masseur.
(c) pilot.
(d) mechanic.

4. What is notable about the masseur Jones meets in the YMCA?
(a) He is retarded.
(b) He is blind.
(c) He is crippled.
(d) He is deaf.

5. Who is the protagonist/narrator of the book?
(a) C.A. Hall.
(b) P.B. Jones.
(c) D.A. Meadows.
(d) T.D. Matlow.

6. What type of school did Jones attend?
(a) Convent school.
(b) Military school.
(c) Boarding school.
(d) Private school.

7. What is Denham Fouts' profession?
(a) Attorney.
(b) Prostitute.
(c) Curator.
(d) Sculptor.

8. Who is P.B. Jones?
(a) A bartender.
(b) The narrator.
(c) An editor.
(d) A florist.

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

10. Who is the author of the work in #12?
(a) Ray Bradbury.
(b) Marcel Proust.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) James Jones.

11. What does the editor claim is at the core of this book?
(a) Lust.
(b) Betrayal.
(c) Anger.
(d) Loneliness.

12. Jones enters into a relationship with Boatwright which is part sexual and part _____________.
(a) spiritual.
(b) religious.
(c) business.
(d) philanthropic.

13. What was the minimal payment Jones ever received for a sexual experience?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) Theater tickets.
(d) A piece of chocolate.

14. Where does Jones say he attended many parties?
(a) Boatwright's apartment.
(b) The Russian Tea Room.
(c) His own apartment.
(d) The Brown Derby.

15. Jones says that Fouts lacked _________________.
(a) money.
(b) sexual prowess.
(c) manners.
(d) success.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Florie Rotondo encounter on her travels?

3. Who is Florie Rotondo?

4. Where does P.B. Jones wish he would have moved?

5. Who is the expatriate American who has a strong impact on Jones?

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