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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sally Rawthrote call Sherman McCoy?
(a) For an interview for the Post
(b) To berate him for his crimes
(c) To offer to sell his apartment for him
(d) To invite him to her Christmas function

2. What is all over the backseat of Detective Martin's car?
(a) Empty Cheeto's bags
(b) Old copies of the Daily News
(c) Changes of clothes
(d) Styrofoam peanuts

3. Which of the following is not a call that Lopwitz takes during his meeting with Sherman?
(a) Tommy Killian
(b) A celebrity friend
(c) Bernard Levy
(d) His interior designer

4. In the courtroom, with whom is Kovitsky constantly warring during Chapter 31?
(a) Kramer
(b) The spectators
(c) The press
(d) Killian

5. Who is the only person that calls Sherman with condolences who is not in his family?
(a) Oscar Suder
(b) Maria Ruskin
(c) Peter Fallow
(d) Rawlie Thorpe

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

7. What physical attribute of the Italian court artist does Kramer notice most?
(a) Her lips
(b) Her breasts
(c) Her eyes
(d) Her feet

8. What has Sherman McCoy resolved to do as he waits in Tommy Killian's waiting room?
(a) Skip town
(b) Plead guilty
(c) Fire Killian
(d) Kill Maria

9. What is Kovisky forced to do at the the end of Chapter 31?
(a) Flee the court through a back exit
(b) Clear the courtroom of all nonessential persons
(c) Resign his judicial post
(d) Speak to the press about his reasoning

10. In what state does Sherman find himself at the di Duccis event?
(a) A complete pariah
(b) A curiosity
(c) Much more popular
(d) Exactly the same as before

11. Who is in front of Sherman in line for processing at the Criminal Court Building?
(a) Roland Auburn
(b) A group of prostitutes
(c) Several Dominican gang-bangers
(d) A heroin junky

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

13. Why does Judy insist that she and Sherman attend the di Duccis social event?
(a) Withdrawing from society implies guilt
(b) Remaining in the condo all day is driving them mad
(c) They never once missed it
(d) He has to get his side of the story out

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

15. Who brings the recording of Maria Ruskin's inadvertent confession to Tommy Killian?
(a) Her landlord
(b) Bernie Fitzgibbon
(c) Quigley
(d) Peter Fallow

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Sherman withdraw from his account the day before his arrest?

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

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

4. On which famous avenue is the Ruskins' apartment?

5. On what day of the week does Chapter 19 take place?

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