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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. How does Sherman characterize Quigley's plan to get Maria to confess?
(a) Exciting
(b) Ungentlemanly
(c) Nerve-wracking
(d) Sinful

2. How much money does Tommy Killian require for a retainer?
(a) 75,000 dollars
(b) He will forego a retainer
(c) 150,000 dollars
(d) 30,000 dollars

3. Which of these adjectives does Roland Auburn use to describe Maria in the City Light coverage in Chapter 23?
(a) Foxy
(b) Country
(c) Curvaceous
(d) Shrill

4. How much money does Sherman withdraw from his account the day before his arrest?
(a) 1,000 dollars
(b) 5,000 dollars
(c) 10,000 dollars
(d) 20,000 dollars

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sally Rawthrote call Sherman McCoy?

2. What is the reason for Sherman's meeting with Lopwitz?

3. Who challenges Weiss about the manner of Sherman's arrest?

4. What shocks Sherman's father at the end of their conversation?

5. Where does Sherman talk to Tommy Killian?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Sherman's experience at the di Ducci event different from his experience at the Bavardages'?

2. Describe the scene at the Criminal Court at the end of Chapter 31.

3. Why has no one heard of Roland Auburn even though he has been in the papers?

4. Describe the story that Arthur Ruskin tells Peter Fallow at dinner.

5. What happens to the Lamb family at the end of the novel?

6. Why does Judge Kovisky decide to bring Sherman to his chambers along with the attorneys?

7. What high-minded reasoning does Weiss give for his prosecution of Sherman McCoy in Chapter 23?

8. What promise does Tommy Killian make to Sherman regarding his condo?

9. What simple domestic act does Sherman attempt the morning after his arrest, and what happens?

10. What story does the City Light run as a result of Fallow's meeting with Arthur Ruskin?

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