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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. For what other book is Truman Capote famous?
(a) Cane River.
(b) In Cold Blood.
(c) Killer Angels.
(d) Streetcar Named Desire.

2. Who is another person who becomes a key figure in Jones' life?
(a) Deidre Vallingdeham.
(b) Kate McCloud.
(c) Louise Talbot.
(d) Miriam Warhol.

3. P.B. Jones comments that he may move to the _______________ floor of his building.
(a) 3rd.
(b) 12th.
(c) 24th.
(d) 6th.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jones and Hamilton discuss the relationship between art and life in which book?

2. How old is Florie Rotondo?

3. Who is Turner Boatwright?

4. Jones' book will be based on his experiences with whom?

5. What is notable about the masseur Jones meets in the YMCA?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which author and book did Capote try to emulate in the writing of ANSWERED PRAYERS?

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

3. What is the premise of ANSWERED PRAYERS?

4. Why are Jones' thoughts of jumping out the sixth floor window curtailed?

5. Explain Truman Capote's notoriety in the 1960s and 1970s.

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

7. Why does Jones connect Peggy Guggenheim to his days of writing his novel called Sleepless Millions?

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

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

10. Who is Florie Rotondo?

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