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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 hear about the case all night
(d) Having to order such a small dinner

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

3. Who visits the Reverend Bacon at the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) Abe Weiss
(b) Peter Fallow
(c) Edward Fiske
(d) The Mayor

4. What gesture did Sherman make to Judy before going to work in his first days at Pierce and PIerce?
(a) A Black Power fist
(b) A Nixon double-V
(c) A military salute
(d) An Asian bow

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

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

7. What does Sherman tell his daughter to remember in the coming days?
(a) He loves her
(b) He is thinking of her
(c) He is a good guy
(d) Everyone makes mistakes

8. 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

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

10. Where do Maria and Sherman meet to talk in Chapter 29?
(a) Bryant Park
(b) Tommy Killian's office
(c) Le Boue d'Argent
(d) Germaine Boll's Townhouse

11. What is the mayor's public position on the McCoy case?
(a) He doubts Roland Auburn's testimony
(b) He supports Annie Lamb and Reverend Bacon completely
(c) He refuses to comment on an ongoing investigation
(d) He has not made a statement

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

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

14. Where is Sherman McCoy accosted by a group of reporters in Chapter 23?
(a) At his local deli
(b) Outside Pierce and Pierce
(c) The bus stop
(d) Outside Maria's building

15. Which of the following is not a charge that Sherman will be facing?
(a) Failure to report an accident
(b) Manslaughter
(c) Leaving the scene of an accident
(d) Reckless endangerment

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tommy Killian warn Sherman will likely happen in court the next day?

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

4. What is Sherman McCoy's status at Pierce and Pierce as of Chapter 25?

5. Who is suing Sherman McCoy's real estate agent at the end of the novel?

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