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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Jones' first book?

3. Capote is known to have descended into what personal problems?

4. Who is the protagonist/narrator of the book?

5. What is the profession of the person in #55?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Jones' perspective on moving to the country himself?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the premise of ANSWERED PRAYERS?

9. What does the editor note as Capote's personal characteristics?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of the passage of time is an important one in the novel. How does the author begin to build this theme? Give examples of the passage of time throughout the book.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the overall setting for the novel. Why does Capote use the setting he does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Explain Capote's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where he did.

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