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

2. On what holiday did Jones' marriage break up?
(a) Fourth of July.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Christmas.
(d) New Years Day.

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

4. What is the profession of the person in #55?
(a) Interior designer.
(b) Attorney.
(c) Publisher.
(d) Author.

5. Jones' book will be based on his experiences with whom?
(a) Ava Gardner.
(b) Michaele Sloane.
(c) Avery Weddington.
(d) Kate McCloud.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does Florie Rotondo travel?

2. What is Jones' first task for the man in #83?

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

4. What is notable about this book?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are some of the famous people who Jones meets at Boatwright's parties?

2. What does Jones imply with his ideas of moving to the country or moving to the sixth floor?

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

4. Why does the crystal paperweight remind Jones of Kate McCloud?

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

6. What is a core theme of the book and how does it manifest in people?

7. What is the irony of Jones' namedropping in the book?

8. What is the significance of the crystal paperweight given to Jones by Colette?

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

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