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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 blocks Sherman's car when he and Maria are lost in the South Bronx?
(a) Two youths
(b) A tire
(c) A giant pothole
(d) Flaming garbage

2. Where are Judy and Campbell when Sherman returns home in the evening?
(a) The Ringling Brothers circus
(b) Shopping
(c) A birthday party
(d) A parent-teacher conference

3. What other group of activists show solidarity with Reverend Bacon?
(a) South African Freedom
(b) Coalition for the Homeless
(c) Gay and Lesbian
(d) Impeach the Mayor

4. Which of the following characters is not present in the meeting at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) Larry Kramer
(b) Bernie FItzgibbon
(c) Detective Goldberg
(d) Abe Weiss

5. To which literary character do the assistant DA's in the Bronx Courthouse compare Abe Weiss?
(a) Jay Gatsby
(b) Macbeth
(c) Captain Ahab
(d) Oedipus Rex

Short Answer Questions

1. What other media outlet has Al Vogel contacted in addition to the City Light?

2. With what letter does Sherman's Mercedes' license plate begin?

3. What two words do Reverend Bacon's protest signs juxtapose on the television?

4. What does Fiske insist be done with the Episcopal money?

5. Where does Sherman meet Tommy Killian in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the speech Lord Buffing makes.

2. What do Detectives Martin and Goldberg discover at the parking garage by Sherman's building?

3. How does Judy explain Sherman's work to Campbell?

4. How does Fallow falsify the source of his information regarding the Mercedes search?

5. In Chapter 13, what are Sherman's thoughts about telling Judy the truth?

6. How does Al Vogel suggest that Fallow present the Henry Lamb story?

7. Why is the Herbert 92X trial becoming overblown at the Bronx courthouse?

8. Describe Maria Ruskin.

9. How does Kramer's attempt to impress his liberal friends in Chapter 10 backfire?

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

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