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

2. What does Sherman tell his daughter to remember in the coming days?
(a) He is thinking of her
(b) He loves her
(c) Everyone makes mistakes
(d) He is a good guy

3. Who visits the Reverend Bacon at the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) Abe Weiss
(b) Edward Fiske
(c) Peter Fallow
(d) The Mayor

4. What makes Larry Kramer intensely nervous on his second date with Shelly Thomas?
(a) The McCoy case
(b) The bill
(c) Her low-cut shirt
(d) His old underwear

5. What does the staff of the restaurant give Peter Fallow after Arthur Ruskin's body is removed?
(a) A refund
(b) Ruskin's briefcase
(c) The leftovers
(d) The bill

Short Answer Questions

1. In what periodical is Weiss looking at Sherman McCoy's picture during this meeting?

2. What is the reason for Sherman's meeting with Lopwitz?

3. Why does Sherman decide against telling Lopwitz about his infidelity?

4. How many reporters have been assigned to corroborating Fallow's tip about Maria Ruskin?

5. What is the status of Henry Lamb at the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Maria Ruskin's testimony.

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

4. In what way does Shelly Thomas disagree with Kramer about the McCoy case?

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

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

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

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

9. As Kramer is interviewing Maria Ruskin, what does he realize he loves about his job?

10. What does the mayor decide regarding the McCoy case?

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