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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What embarrassing thing happens to the landlord as he waits for Germaine Boll to return?
(a) He breaks wind
(b) He thinks he has the wrong apartment
(c) He falls asleep
(d) His chair breaks

2. Where does Annie Lamb think her son was headed when he was struck by a car?
(a) Church
(b) Texas Fried Chicken
(c) His grandmother's apartment
(d) The corner bodega

3. Next to whom is Sherman seated during dinner in Chapter 15?
(a) Maria Ruskin
(b) Inez Bavardage
(c) Lord Buffing
(d) Baron Hochswald

4. What newspaper does Sherman McCoy read in the bathroom stall of Pierce and Pierce?
(a) The New York TImes
(b) The New York Post
(c) The City Light
(d) The Daily News

5. Of what does Freddy Button believe Sherman is guilty?
(a) Nothing
(b) Assault
(c) Failing to report an accident
(d) Reckless endangerment

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Annie Lamb unwilling to assist in the police investigation regarding her comatose son?

2. Who does Sherman McCoy inadvertently call when he tries to dial Maria?

3. What are the ethnicities of the detectives assigned to the Henry Lamb case?

4. Which of the following characters is not meeting with Abe Weiss at the beginning of Chapter 17?

5. In what New York Metropolitan neighborhood does the Prologue take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What concerns Sherman McCoy about taking Martin and Goldberg to his garage?

2. Describe Sherman McCoy's history with Freddy Button.

3. Why do the McCoys rent a car to go to the Bavardages party?

4. Describe the speech Lord Buffing makes.

5. Why does Sherman McCoy have to go to the toilet at his firm to read the newspaper?

6. Who is Roland Auburn?

7. How has Larry Kramer's career track been different from those of most of his classmates at Columbia?

8. How does Sherman McCoy's self-image change during the course of Chapter 3?

9. What does Sherman realize about Maria during their conversation in Chapter 11?

10. How does Annie Lamb's situation make her cooperation with the police difficult?

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