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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bernie Fitzgibbon want to interview before going ahead with an arrest of Sherman McCoy?
(a) The hospital intake person
(b) Judy McCoy
(c) The taxi driver who drove Henry to the hospital
(d) Roland Auburn's parole officer

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

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

4. How much money does Sherman withdraw from his account the day before his arrest?
(a) 10,000 dollars
(b) 1,000 dollars
(c) 20,000 dollars
(d) 5,000 dollars

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

6. What does Bernie think that Kramer is doing to Roland?
(a) Lighting him up
(b) Dropping him
(c) Breaking him down
(d) Cashing him in

7. What is the outcome of the legal firestorm for Abe Weiss?
(a) He was re-elected
(b) He is out of a job
(c) He has formed an exploratory committee for a Senate seat
(d) He has been elected Mayor

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

9. Who regularly dines at the restaurant where Arthur Ruskin dies despite public statements against it?
(a) Abe Weiss
(b) Reverend Bacon
(c) Sir Gerald Steiner
(d) The Mayor

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

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

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

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

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

15. Who calls Tommy Killian in Chapter 30 with news about the trial?
(a) Freddie Button
(b) Layy Kramer
(c) Bernie Fitzgibbon
(d) Peter Fallow

Short Answer Questions

1. To what sum does Kramer attempt to raise Sherman's bail?

2. Who challenges Weiss about the manner of Sherman's arrest?

3. What does the mayor ask Bishop Bottomley to do in exchange for his influence over the Landmark Commission?

4. Where do Maria and Sherman meet to talk in Chapter 29?

5. How will Sherman get proof that Maria was driving the Mercedes when Henry Lamb was hit, according to Quigley's plan?

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