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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 calls Tommy Killian in Chapter 30 with news about the trial?
(a) Bernie Fitzgibbon
(b) Layy Kramer
(c) Peter Fallow
(d) Freddie Button

2. Where does Sherman talk to Tommy Killian?
(a) In Lopwitz's office
(b) At a coffee shop in the Financial District
(c) At his desk
(d) At Killian's office

3. What is the mayor's public position on the McCoy case?
(a) He has not made a statement
(b) He refuses to comment on an ongoing investigation
(c) He supports Annie Lamb and Reverend Bacon completely
(d) He doubts Roland Auburn's testimony

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

5. Who does Judge Kovitsky request come to his chambers in addition to Kramer and Killian?
(a) Sherman McCoy
(b) Bernie Fitzgibbon
(c) Maria Ruskin
(d) Quigley

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is all over the backseat of Detective Martin's car?

3. Which two characters are meeting at the beginning of Chapter 23?

4. Which of the following people is not in Abe Weiss' office at the beginning of Chapter 29?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tommy Killian and Quigley's plan to get proof of Maria's complicity in the hit-and-run?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What high-minded reasoning does Weiss give for his prosecution of Sherman McCoy in Chapter 23?

8. Why does Judge Kovisky decide to bring Sherman to his chambers along with the attorneys?

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

10. Describe Maria Ruskin's testimony.

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