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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. With whom is Sherman on the phone when he sees the Henry Lamb coverage in the City Light?
(a) Lopwitz
(b) Oscar Suder
(c) Arthur Ruskin
(d) Bernard Levy

2. What does Kramer see as he approaches the Bronx in Chapter 13?
(a) A car accident
(b) An unloading of defendants
(c) Shelly Thomas with another ADA
(d) A demonstration

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

4. What is the ethnicity of the criminal lawyer to whom Sherman is referred?
(a) Hispanic
(b) Jewish
(c) Irish
(d) Italian

5. What does Sherman refuse to do for Martin and Goldberg?
(a) Go to the station with them
(b) Tell them where he was the night of the hit-and-run
(c) Let them into his condo
(d) Take them to his Mercedes

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does Judy McCoy use as a metaphor for Sherman's work?

2. At the Beach Club, what subject does Sherman's father discuss with Judy?

3. Sherman McCoy privately refers to the overly thin women of these Park Avenue functions as "Social (blank)."

4. How much time in prison has Mr. Krnkka's attorney promised him?

5. What is the condition of Henry Lamb at the end of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Maria Ruskin.

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

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

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

5. Describe the speech Lord Buffing makes.

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

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

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

9. Who is Roland Auburn?

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

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