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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tommy Killian most concerned about in the immediate future?
(a) Henry Lamb waking up from his coma
(b) Sherman speaking to the press
(c) Weiss fast-tracking the case
(d) Maria speaking to the cops

2. Why does Larry Kramer wait in his bedroom before going out into the main room?
(a) He is thinking about feigning sickness
(b) He is deciding what to have for breakfast
(c) He is waitng for the nurse to leave
(d) He has a visible erection

3. According to Freddy Button, what is the most important quality of the lawyers he refers?
(a) His connections to the police world
(b) His experience with these types of cases
(c) His courtroom presence
(d) His discretion with sensitive information

4. Who turned Sherman McCoy over to the lawyer, Freddy Button, originally?
(a) His father
(b) Maria Ruskin
(c) Judy
(d) Lopwitz

5. At which airport does Maria Ruskin land?
(a) MacArthur
(b) LaGuardia
(c) Kennedy
(d) Newark

6. What do the white employees at Gibraltar do before sundown?
(a) Call their families
(b) Move their cars
(c) Pray
(d) Get a late lunch

7. Sherman McCoy privately refers to the overly thin women of these Park Avenue functions as "Social (blank)."
(a) Skeletons
(b) X-Rays
(c) Wafers
(d) Toothpicks

8. In Chapter 4, what title does Maria assign to Sherman that annoys him?
(a) Yuppie
(b) Trader
(c) Bourgeois
(d) Socialite

9. What newspaper does Sherman McCoy read in the bathroom stall of Pierce and Pierce?
(a) The New York Post
(b) The New York TImes
(c) The City Light
(d) The Daily News

10. Why does Peter Fallow pretend to be on the phone when a co-worker approaches him?
(a) He likes to appear productive
(b) He is past deadline
(c) He owes him money
(d) He dislikes the man

11. In Chapter 9, what does Fallow find in his pocket instead of a notebook?
(a) His passport
(b) A letter from the power company
(c) An eviction notice
(d) A bar tab from Leicester's

12. To which literary character do the assistant DA's in the Bronx Courthouse compare Abe Weiss?
(a) Captain Ahab
(b) Oedipus Rex
(c) Jay Gatsby
(d) Macbeth

13. What is the condition of Henry Lamb at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) He is returning home
(b) He is dead
(c) He is missing
(d) He is in critical condition

14. Next to whom is Sherman seated during dinner in Chapter 15?
(a) Inez Bavardage
(b) Lord Buffing
(c) Baron Hochswald
(d) Maria Ruskin

15. What does Sherman refuse to do for Martin and Goldberg?
(a) Let them into his condo
(b) Go to the station with them
(c) Tell them where he was the night of the hit-and-run
(d) Take them to his Mercedes

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kovitzky do after yelling at the men in the police van?

2. What two words do Reverend Bacon's protest signs juxtapose on the television?

3. For what purpose was Reverend Bacon given 350,000 dollars by the Episcopal Church?

4. With whom in the DA's office has Tommy Killian been in contact?

5. With what letter does Sherman's Mercedes' license plate begin?

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