Breakfast at Tiffany’s Quizzes

Breakfast at Tiffany's Quiz 1

1 Why was the narrator fond of his first apartment?
He wasn't fond of his apartment

It was the first place of his own

He had an interesting roommate

It was large and beautifully furnished
2 Where was Holly Golightly's apartment?
Above the narrator's

Below the narrator's

Above Joe Bell's bar

Next door to the narrator's
3 Which is NOT one of Joe Bell's interests?
Sausage making

Weimaraner dogs

Gilbert and Sullivan

Ice hockey
4 What is Joe Bell doing when the narrator enters his bar?
Arranging flowers

Polishing a mirror

Crying

Watching a baseball game
5 How does the narrator know I.Y. Yunioshi?
He lived above the narrator in the brownstone

He worked with him on a picture magazine

They were both regulars at Joe Bell's bar

He met him travelling through Japan
6 What or who is Winchell?
An African carver

A popular film star of the 40s and 50s

A popular gossip columnist of the day

A neighborhood gossip
7 In what village does Yunioshi find the carving of Holly?
Tococul

Tococo

Anglia

Morroco
8 Why does the African artist refuse to sell the carving of Holly?
He had a relationship with Holly and treasures her memory

He does not understand Yunioshi's English, and does not realize that Yunioshi is negotiating a sale

It is not a carving of Holly, and does not want to cheat Yunioshi

He recognizes that it is a priceless work of art
9 Why does Joe Bell refuse to believe that Holly is in New York
She promised that if she ever returned, she would visit him

She told him that she would never return to New York

He has walked the streets for ten years and never seen her

He has concrete proof that she is still in Africa
10 Which is the only name the narrator recognizes on the mailboxes of his old brownstone?
Quaintance Smith

I.Y. Yunioshi

Mag Wildwood

Sapphia Spanella
11 According to her mailbox , what is "Holly" short for?
Hollywood

Holly Mae

Holcomb

Holiday
12 How old is Holly when the narrator first meets her?
18

20

17

19
13 Why does Holly ring Mr. Yunioshi's bell?
She enjoys bothering him

She wishes to talk to him

She wasn't given a key

She lost her key
14 What is the name of the man accompanying Holly the first night the narrator sees her?
O.J. Berman

Rusty Trawler

Sid Arbuck

Harry Arbuck
15 Holly is rarely without her...
dark glasses

red carnation

cat

martini shaker
16 What is "21"?
Holly's address

A dancehall

A gay bar

A restaurant
17 On his way back from "21", the narrator sees a birdcage in a shop window. Why does it impress him?
It is palatial

It is filled with parrots

It is beautiful

It is reasonably priced
18 What brand of cigarettes does Holly smoke?
Virginia Slims

Picadillos

Picayunes

Minarets
19 Why is the narrator intrigued by the country songs Holly plays on her guitar?
She is an excellent country singer

He is a country music fan

They suggest her rural roots

She seems to have composed them herself
20 Why does Holly visit the narrator's apartment late at night?
She is lonely

She is avoiding Yunioshi

She can't find her key

She is escaping a "terrifying man"
21 Why does Holly call the narrator "Fred"?
It is his name

He refuses to tell her his name

He reminds her of one of her lovers, Fred

He reminds her of her brother, Fred
22 Why does Holly claim she is attracted to older men?
She has a "father complex"

She has trained herself to like them

She adores grey hair

Young men treat women with disrespect
23 Holly asks the narrator to tell her the plotline of one of his short stories. Why does he refuse?
He is ashamed of his work

His plotlines are too long

He doesn't write the kind of stories one can tell

He is too tired
24 What does Holly assume the narrator's short story is about?
Two schoolteachers

Two sisters

Two lesbians

Two homosexuals
25 Why does Holly wish for a lesbian roommate?
Lesbians tend to be rich

She is a lesbian herself

Lesbians never get married

Lesbians are wonderful homemakers