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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Unspoiled Monsters, pp. 12 - 45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jones say it would be pointless to climb out the window?
(a) There is no fire escape.
(b) The window is sealed shut.
(c) The building is jammed up next to another one.
(d) There is a rooftop just below.

2. What does Jones think would have happened if he had moved to the country?
(a) He would have probably killed himself.
(b) His life would have been better.
(c) He would have been very lonely.
(d) He would have missed the night life.

3. What does Jones consider the item in #70 to be?
(a) A talisman.
(b) A trinket.
(c) A bribe.
(d) A nuisance.

4. Which famous person does Jones meet in Paris?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Andy Warhol.
(c) Ed McMahon.
(d) Marilyn Monroe.

5. What is Fox's second theory about what happened to the rest of this book?
(a) Capote gave them to his godson.
(b) Capote never wrote them.
(c) Dunphy burned them when Truman died.
(d) Bennett Cerf put them in a safe with no combination.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the editor claim is at the core of this book?

2. What is Natalie Barney's notoriety?

3. Who is P.B. Jones?

4. Jones was trained as a _________________.

5. For what other book is Truman Capote famous?

(see the answer key)

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