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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The dictator of what country is dining at the restaurant at the same time as Fallow and Ruskin?
(a) The Ivory Coast
(b) Uruguay
(c) Indonesia
(d) Laos

2. Which two characters are meeting at the beginning of Chapter 23?
(a) Weiss and Bernie
(b) Bernie and Killian
(c) Kramer and Weiss
(d) Kramer and Killian

3. At what time are Detectives Martin and Goldberg picking up Sherman?
(a) 6:00 am
(b) 7:30 am
(c) 12:00 pm
(d) 9:00 am

4. What is the status of Henry Lamb at the end of the novel?
(a) He has died
(b) He is still in a coma
(c) He is back at school
(d) He is living in a group home

5. Where does Judy sleep the night before Sherman's arrest?
(a) The sofa
(b) The guest bedroom
(c) With Campbell
(d) With Sherman

6. How does Sherman characterize Quigley's plan to get Maria to confess?
(a) Ungentlemanly
(b) Nerve-wracking
(c) Sinful
(d) Exciting

7. Why did Roland not come forward earlier with the information?
(a) He did not know Henry was in a coma
(b) There is a warrant out for his arrest
(c) He was supposed to be on a date with his girlfriend that night
(d) He did not know who to contact

8. What is Sherman McCoy's status at Pierce and Pierce as of Chapter 25?
(a) He has been summarily fired
(b) He is using his personal days
(c) He is on an unpaid leave
(d) He has accepted a company buy-out

9. What is the reason for Sherman's meeting with Lopwitz?
(a) His recent performance
(b) Changes to the Giscard deal
(c) A possible promotion
(d) An upcoming government auction

10. Of what does Killian remind Sherman to convince him to go along with the plan?
(a) Of Maria's unwillingness to go to the police
(b) Of his wife and child
(c) Of his day in jail
(d) Of Maria skipping town

11. What ethnicity are the two lawyers that Maria Ruskin has hired?
(a) Italian
(b) WASP
(c) Irish
(d) Jewish

12. What makes Larry Kramer intensely nervous on his second date with Shelly Thomas?
(a) The bill
(b) Her low-cut shirt
(c) His old underwear
(d) The McCoy case

13. That is the topic of Arthur Ruskin's story in Chapter 144?
(a) An Italian prostitute
(b) A corporate merger
(c) A plane landing
(d) A prolonged taxi ride

14. How will Sherman get proof that Maria was driving the Mercedes when Henry Lamb was hit, according to Quigley's plan?
(a) Sherman will threaten to reveal their affair
(b) Sherman will drug her
(c) Sherman will wear a wire
(d) Sherman will offer to pay her

15. Where is Sherman McCoy accosted by a group of reporters in Chapter 23?
(a) Outside Maria's building
(b) The bus stop
(c) Outside Pierce and Pierce
(d) At his local deli

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following actions is not something Kramer does to coach Roland Auburn for his testimony?

2. Who does Bernie Fitzgibbon want to interview before going ahead with an arrest of Sherman McCoy?

3. Where does Sherman talk to Tommy Killian?

4. What gesture did Sherman make to Judy before going to work in his first days at Pierce and PIerce?

5. Why does Judy insist that she and Sherman attend the di Duccis social event?

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