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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What culturally insensitive term does the mayor's assistant use to describe a common event on his calendar?
(a) Yids and their kids
(b) Plaques for blacks
(c) Yellow fever
(d) Black Irish coffee

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

3. When is Sherman going to be arrested?
(a) The next morning
(b) The end of the week
(c) That evening
(d) Immediately

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

5. Which of the following people is not in Abe Weiss' office at the beginning of Chapter 29?
(a) Bernie Fitzgibbon
(b) Larry Kramer
(c) Detective Goldberg
(d) Milt Lubell

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

7. Why does Judy insist that she and Sherman attend the di Duccis social event?
(a) They never once missed it
(b) Withdrawing from society implies guilt
(c) He has to get his side of the story out
(d) Remaining in the condo all day is driving them mad

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. With what media outlet is Reverend Bacon speaking by phone at the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) The New York Times
(b) Channel 1
(c) The City Light
(d) NBC

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sherman decide against telling Lopwitz about his infidelity?

2. On what famous thoroughfare in New York is the funeral home where Arthur Ruskin's funeral is held?

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

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

5. Where does Judy sleep the night before Sherman's arrest?

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