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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. Why does Fouts send Jones a first class ticket to Paris?

2. Who was Capote's longtime companion?

3. What does Jones refer to himself as?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Jones get the money to get to New York and how does he describe his first year in that city?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author begins the story in the present day and tells the story through a series of flashbacks. Why did he choose to tell his story this way? In what way is a flashback technique more interesting for a reader? In what ways is it more complicated?

Essay Topic 2

Capote is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphors, and irony. Briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Capote's writing style. How is he different from other writers of his time? What are some of his characteristic writing techniques? Identify some examples of his classic style in ANSWERED PRAYERS.

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