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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the setting for this section of the book?
(a) London.
(b) Beverly Hills.
(c) New York.
(d) Aspen.

5. What does Jones think would have happened if he had moved to the country?
(a) He would have probably killed himself.
(b) He would have missed the night life.
(c) His life would have been better.
(d) He would have been very lonely.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jones imply that he is considering?

3. Where does Jones first meet Denham Fouts?

4. What work did Capote intend to mimic?

5. What job does Hamilton suggest to Jones?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Turner Boatwright and what is his relationship with Jones?

2. What was the nature of Jones' one marriage?

3. Give an example of how the author thinly veils the work as fiction.

4. Who is Woodrow Hamilton and what pivotal role does he play in Jones' life?

5. Which real person is thinly disguised in the character of Mr. Wallace?

6. What was the nature of Jones' childhood and early adulthood?

7. Who does the editor feel is the real person disguised as P.B. Jones?

8. Who was Denham Fouts?

9. How does Jones balance his dark side with an entertaining style of writing to engage the reader?

10. Why does the author reveal the sexual practices in both high society as well as the lower side of life at the YMCA?

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