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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What prominent component of the McCoy case is Larry Kramer trying to purchase?
(a) The McCoy condo
(b) Sherman's Mercedes
(c) Germain Boll's love nest
(d) The tire fromt he ramp

3. Which of these adjectives does Roland Auburn use to describe Maria in the City Light coverage in Chapter 23?
(a) Shrill
(b) Curvaceous
(c) Foxy
(d) Country

4. Who is suing Sherman McCoy's real estate agent at the end of the novel?
(a) Reverend Bacon
(b) Al Vogel
(c) Judy McCoy
(d) Pollard Browning

5. In what periodical is Weiss looking at Sherman McCoy's picture during this meeting?
(a) Architectural Digest
(b) The Times Wedding Page
(c) The Wall Street Journal
(d) The City Light

6. What does an inmate in the holding cell attempt to steal from Sherman?
(a) His shoes
(b) His wallet
(c) His belt
(d) His jacket

7. After Kramer informs Maria of her new involvement in the Henry Lamb case, what part of her body perceptively quivers?
(a) Her eye
(b) Her neck
(c) Her ankle
(d) Her hand

8. Who does Sherman McCoy throw out of his condo at the end of the chapter?
(a) Judy McCoy
(b) Pollard Browning
(c) Tommy Killian
(d) Sally Rawthrote

9. On what famous thoroughfare in New York is the funeral home where Arthur Ruskin's funeral is held?
(a) Broadway
(b) Wall Street
(c) Madison Avenue
(d) Fifth Avenue

10. To what sum does Kramer attempt to raise Sherman's bail?
(a) 250,000 dollars
(b) 100,000 dollars
(c) No bail
(d) 400,000 dollars

11. Where does Fallow dine with Arthur Ruskin?
(a) D'Orsea
(b) La Boue d'Argent
(c) Leicester's
(d) Le Cirque

12. When is Sherman going to be arrested?
(a) The next morning
(b) The end of the week
(c) Immediately
(d) That evening

13. What annoys Shelly Thomas about her date with Kramer?
(a) Having to kiss him at the end of the night
(b) Having to avoid looking at the sweat stains on his shirt
(c) Having to order such a small dinner
(d) Having to hear about the case all night

14. Where does Sherman talk to Tommy Killian?
(a) At Killian's office
(b) At a coffee shop in the Financial District
(c) In Lopwitz's office
(d) At his desk

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Sherman McCoy accosted by a group of reporters in Chapter 23?

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

4. Where does Judy sleep the night before Sherman's arrest?

5. What does Roland say about the picture of Sherman and Judy the Detectives show him?

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