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

2. According to Quigley, where is Maria Ruskin presently?
(a) New Zealand
(b) Italy
(c) San Fransisco
(d) Antigua

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

4. The dictator of what country is dining at the restaurant at the same time as Fallow and Ruskin?
(a) Laos
(b) The Ivory Coast
(c) Uruguay
(d) Indonesia

5. Who calls Tommy Killian in Chapter 30 with news about the trial?
(a) Peter Fallow
(b) Freddie Button
(c) Bernie Fitzgibbon
(d) Layy Kramer

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sherman talk to Tommy Killian?

2. Which of the following people is not in Abe Weiss' office at the beginning of Chapter 29?

3. Where does Fallow dine with Arthur Ruskin?

4. Who does Bernie Fitzgibbon want to interview before going ahead with an arrest of Sherman McCoy?

5. What annoys Shelly Thomas about her date with Kramer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Roland Auburn's story differ from the actual event?

3. What does Edward Fiske accuse Reverend Bacon of in Chapter 25?

4. How does the information of Maria Ruskin's complicity in the hit-and-run eventually reach Peter Fallow?

5. Where does the incriminating recording of Maria come from?

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

7. What is Tommy Killian and Quigley's plan to get proof of Maria's complicity in the hit-and-run?

8. What promises does Tommy Killian make Sherman McCoy regarding his arrest?

9. What does the mayor decide regarding the McCoy case?

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

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