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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hurts Judy most about Sherman's admission?
(a) He has been with another woman
(b) He has deceived her
(c) He let a young man nearly die
(d) He is not sorry for anthing

2. What important piece of information does Kovitsky neglect to mention in his dismissal of the McCoy indictment?
(a) The DAs leave to represent the case in the future
(b) Permission for Sherman McCoy to leave
(c) His apologies to Sherman McCoy for his trouble
(d) The existence of the exonerating recording

3. What does Sherman McCoy do in the courtroom at the end of the Epilogue?
(a) Laughs uncontrollably
(b) Publicly apologizes to his wife
(c) Throws up a Black Power fist
(d) Flips the defense attorneys table

4. Who else is at the Ruskin funeral besides Sherman and Maria?
(a) Peter Fallow
(b) Reverend Bacon
(c) Abe Weiss
(d) Larry Kramer

5. What does Roland say about the picture of Sherman and Judy the Detectives show him?
(a) They both look exactly like the drivers
(b) Sherman was not as well dressed that night
(c) Judy is not as attractive as the woman in the car
(d) The driver does not look like Sherman

6. To whom does Sherman McCoy's new fortune not extend?
(a) His father
(b) Freddie Button
(c) Judy
(d) Pierce and Pierce

7. Why does Maria lash out at Sherman at the end of their meeting?
(a) He insists she is guilty
(b) He berates her for her affair with Chirazzi
(c) She feels he no longer loves her
(d) She discovers his wire

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

9. What does Kramer think is keeping Cecil Hayden from getting a position at a better law firm?
(a) His race
(b) His temper
(c) His style of dress
(d) His intellect

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

11. What does the mayor ask Bishop Bottomley to do in exchange for his influence over the Landmark Commission?
(a) Christen the Lieutenant Governor's first child
(b) Make a speech at a mayoral event
(c) Join a crime commission
(d) Issue a statement defaming Reverend Bacon

12. 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) Laos
(d) Indonesia

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

14. Where does Abe Weiss want to arrest Sherman McCoy?
(a) Pierce and Pierce
(b) Tommy Killian's office
(c) His condo
(d) The Metropolitan Opera

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a call that Lopwitz takes during his meeting with Sherman?

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

3. Who is in front of Sherman in line for processing at the Criminal Court Building?

4. At what time are Detectives Martin and Goldberg picking up Sherman?

5. Who brings the recording of Maria Ruskin's inadvertent confession to Tommy Killian?

(see the answer keys)

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