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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. How can Capote's public persona be generally described?
(a) Passive.
(b) Unable to speak in public.
(c) Shy around others.
(d) Extremely opinionated.

2. Truman Capote was popular from ______________________.
(a) the late 1940s into the early 1960s.
(b) the early 1950s into the early 1970s.
(c) the late 1970s into the early 1990s.
(d) the late 1960s into the early 1980s.

3. How can Capote's private persona be generally described?
(a) Insecure.
(b) Confident.
(c) Hostile.
(d) Aggressive.

4. How does the editor refer to the narrator of the book?
(a) A dark Doppelganger.
(b) A man among men.
(c) A hero in every sense of the word.
(d) A prince of a guy.

5. Who is one person who becomes a key figure in Jones' life?
(a) Alice Lee Langman.
(b) Monique von Selsen.
(c) Hedy Lamaar.
(d) Joyce van Patten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jones say it would be pointless to climb out the window?

2. Who is the famous photographer Jones meets at Boatwright's parties?

3. What is Fox's first theory of what happened to the rest of this book?

4. What does Jones think would have happened if he had moved to the country?

5. What could have been the reason Capote never finished the book?

(see the answer key)

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