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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Sherman call in the morning in Chapter 14?
(a) Freddy Button
(b) Tommy Killian
(c) Maria Ruskin
(d) Bernard Levy

3. Why is Annie Lamb unwilling to assist in the police investigation regarding her comatose son?
(a) She does not trust the police
(b) They have a warrant out for her arrest
(c) She does not speak English
(d) She hates her son

4. What Edgar Allen Poe story does Lord Buffing reference at the party?
(a) Cask of Amontillado
(b) Masque of the Red Death
(c) Hopscotch
(d) Fall of the House of Usher

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

6. What other group of activists show solidarity with Reverend Bacon?
(a) South African Freedom
(b) Impeach the Mayor
(c) Coalition for the Homeless
(d) Gay and Lesbian

7. What are the ethnicities of the detectives assigned to the Henry Lamb case?
(a) Irish and Jewish
(b) Hispanic and Irish
(c) Dominican and Hispanic
(d) Italian and Dominican

8. What did Goldberg and Martin do after their interview with Sherman?
(a) Report ot Bernie Fitzgibbon
(b) Tap his phone
(c) Find his garage
(d) Interview his neighbors

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

10. What does Campbell's friend's father make for a living?
(a) Highrises
(b) Cars
(c) Mutual funds
(d) Books

11. What is Shelly Thomas' actual ethnicity?
(a) Greek
(b) Italian
(c) Jewish
(d) Polish

12. Which of the following characters is not present in the meeting at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) Abe Weiss
(b) Detective Goldberg
(c) Larry Kramer
(d) Bernie FItzgibbon

13. In what New York Metropolitan neighborhood does the Prologue take place?
(a) Bedford-Stuyvesant
(b) Harlem
(c) SoHo
(d) Woodside

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

15. What does Kramer see as he approaches the Bronx in Chapter 13?
(a) Shelly Thomas with another ADA
(b) A demonstration
(c) An unloading of defendants
(d) A car accident

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does Fallow find in his pocket instead of a notebook?

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

3. What defendant does Kramer tell his friends about in Chapter 10?

4. Where do Judy and Campbell go on Friday nights?

5. What is the name of the restaurant where Fallow meets Al Vogel?

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