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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Tommy Killian require for a retainer?
(a) 30,000 dollars
(b) 150,000 dollars
(c) He will forego a retainer
(d) 75,000 dollars

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. How many reporters have been assigned to corroborating Fallow's tip about Maria Ruskin?
(a) 7
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 10

13. According to Quigley, where is Maria Ruskin presently?
(a) San Fransisco
(b) Italy
(c) New Zealand
(d) Antigua

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

15. Who challenges Weiss about the manner of Sherman's arrest?
(a) Lopwitz
(b) Larry Kramer
(c) Arthur Ruskin
(d) Bernie Fitzgibbon

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who gives Peter Fallow the identity of Sherman McCoy's female companion on the night of the hit-and-run?

5. Who regularly dines at the restaurant where Arthur Ruskin dies despite public statements against it?

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