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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 perjury does Sherman commit in this chapter?
(a) He claims to have not heard the car hit anything
(b) He says Maria was driving the Mercedes the whole time
(c) He says he made the key recording himself
(d) He claims to have never heard the recording before

2. Who is suing Sherman McCoy's real estate agent at the end of the novel?
(a) Judy McCoy
(b) Reverend Bacon
(c) Pollard Browning
(d) Al Vogel

3. How many reporters have been assigned to corroborating Fallow's tip about Maria Ruskin?
(a) 10
(b) 2
(c) 7
(d) 4

4. What physical attribute of the Italian court artist does Kramer notice most?
(a) Her breasts
(b) Her feet
(c) Her lips
(d) Her eyes

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Sherman going to be arrested?

2. With what media outlet is Reverend Bacon speaking by phone at the beginning of Chapter 25?

3. Which of the following is not a call that Lopwitz takes during his meeting with Sherman?

4. That is the topic of Arthur Ruskin's story in Chapter 144?

5. What ethnicity are the two lawyers that Maria Ruskin has hired?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bernie disagree with Abe Weiss about the planned arrest of Sherman?

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

3. Describe Lopwitz's reaction to the news of Sherman's arrest and what it means to Sherman.

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

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

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

7. What happens to Sherman McCoy in the holding cell awaiting the calling of his case?

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

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

10. What aspects of Sherman McCoy's life are disrupted by the Henry Lamb case?

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