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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 important piece of information does Kovitsky neglect to mention in his dismissal of the McCoy indictment?
(a) The DAs leave to represent the case in the future
(b) The existence of the exonerating recording
(c) Permission for Sherman McCoy to leave
(d) His apologies to Sherman McCoy for his trouble

2. Where does Abe Weiss want to arrest Sherman McCoy?
(a) His condo
(b) The Metropolitan Opera
(c) Tommy Killian's office
(d) Pierce and Pierce

3. What is Sherman McCoy's status at Pierce and Pierce as of Chapter 25?
(a) He is on an unpaid leave
(b) He is using his personal days
(c) He has accepted a company buy-out
(d) He has been summarily fired

4. What gesture did Sherman make to Judy before going to work in his first days at Pierce and PIerce?
(a) A military salute
(b) A Nixon double-V
(c) A Black Power fist
(d) An Asian bow

5. In what periodical is the Epilogue to the novel supposed to be written?
(a) Time Magazine
(b) The New York Daily News
(c) The New York Times
(d) The City Light

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Henry and Roland doing when Henry was hit by the Mercedes, according to Roland?

2. How does Sherman characterize Quigley's plan to get Maria to confess?

3. Who else is at the Ruskin funeral besides Sherman and Maria?

4. Who does Judge Kovitsky request come to his chambers in addition to Kramer and Killian?

5. What is the outcome of the legal firestorm for Abe Weiss?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Sherman tell Judy about his relationship with Maria?

4. Which of Killian's promises are broken during his arrest?

5. How does Sherman's opinion of his father change in Chapter 21 and why?

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

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

8. What does Fallow see at the funeral?

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

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

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