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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Judy sleep the night before Sherman's arrest?
(a) With Campbell
(b) With Sherman
(c) The guest bedroom
(d) The sofa

4. Which two characters are meeting at the beginning of Chapter 23?
(a) Kramer and Killian
(b) Kramer and Weiss
(c) Weiss and Bernie
(d) Bernie and Killian

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

6. At what time are Detectives Martin and Goldberg picking up Sherman?
(a) 7:30 am
(b) 6:00 am
(c) 12:00 pm
(d) 9:00 am

7. That is the topic of Arthur Ruskin's story in Chapter 144?
(a) A prolonged taxi ride
(b) A corporate merger
(c) An Italian prostitute
(d) A plane landing

8. On which famous avenue is the Ruskins' apartment?
(a) Park Avenue
(b) Madison Avenue
(c) Fifth Avenue
(d) Lexington Avenue

9. What does the staff of the restaurant give Peter Fallow after Arthur Ruskin's body is removed?
(a) The leftovers
(b) Ruskin's briefcase
(c) A refund
(d) The bill

10. The dictator of what country is dining at the restaurant at the same time as Fallow and Ruskin?
(a) Indonesia
(b) The Ivory Coast
(c) Laos
(d) Uruguay

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

12. How will Sherman get proof that Maria was driving the Mercedes when Henry Lamb was hit, according to Quigley's plan?
(a) Sherman will wear a wire
(b) Sherman will offer to pay her
(c) Sherman will drug her
(d) Sherman will threaten to reveal their affair

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Henry and Roland doing when Henry was hit by the Mercedes, according to Roland?

2. Who visits the Reverend Bacon at the beginning of Chapter 25?

3. Who does Sherman McCoy throw out of his condo at the end of the chapter?

4. What does an inmate in the holding cell attempt to steal from Sherman?

5. How much money does Tommy Killian require for a retainer?

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