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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Wallace is probably a pseudonym for which famous person?

2. What is Denham Fouts' profession?

3. What runs rampant in Jones' building?

4. How old is Florie Rotondo?

5. What is Fox's third theory about what happened to the rest of this book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the editor note as Capote's personal characteristics?

2. Who are some of the famous people who Jones meets at Boatwright's parties?

3. What is a core theme of the book and how does it manifest in people?

4. Which real person is thinly disguised in the character of Mr. Wallace?

5. Why does Jones connect Peggy Guggenheim to his days of writing his novel called Sleepless Millions?

6. What is the focus of the book?

7. Why does the author reveal the sexual practices in both high society as well as the lower side of life at the YMCA?

8. Explain Truman Capote's notoriety in the 1960s and 1970s.

9. What was the nature of Jones' one marriage?

10. Which author and book did Capote try to emulate in the writing of ANSWERED PRAYERS?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author begins the story in the present day and tells the story through a series of flashbacks. Why did he choose to tell his story this way? In what way is a flashback technique more interesting for a reader? In what ways is it more complicated?

Essay Topic 2

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for Jones' life. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, and socialization.

Essay Topic 3

How does Capote use the literary technique of local color in ANSWERED PRAYERS? What elements comprise local color? Give some examples of the local color in some establishments, in the characters, and in the events.

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