Breakfast at Tiffany’s Quizzes

Breakfast at Tiffany's Quiz 1

1 Why was the narrator fond of his first apartment?
It was large and beautifully furnished

He wasn't fond of his apartment

It was the first place of his own

He had an interesting roommate
2 Where was Holly Golightly's apartment?
Above the narrator's

Above Joe Bell's bar

Next door to the narrator's

Below the narrator's
3 Which is NOT one of Joe Bell's interests?
Ice hockey

Weimaraner dogs

Gilbert and Sullivan

Sausage making
4 What is Joe Bell doing when the narrator enters his bar?
Crying

Arranging flowers

Polishing a mirror

Watching a baseball game
5 How does the narrator know I.Y. Yunioshi?
He worked with him on a picture magazine

They were both regulars at Joe Bell's bar

He lived above the narrator in the brownstone

He met him travelling through Japan
6 What or who is Winchell?
A neighborhood gossip

An African carver

A popular film star of the 40s and 50s

A popular gossip columnist of the day
7 In what village does Yunioshi find the carving of Holly?
Tococul

Morroco

Tococo

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

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

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

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 told him that she would never return to New York

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

She promised that if she ever returned, she would visit him

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?
Mag Wildwood

Quaintance Smith

Sapphia Spanella

I.Y. Yunioshi
11 According to her mailbox , what is "Holly" short for?
Holly Mae

Holcomb

Hollywood

Holiday
12 How old is Holly when the narrator first meets her?
17

19

20

18
13 Why does Holly ring Mr. Yunioshi's bell?
She wasn't given a key

She lost her key

She enjoys bothering him

She wishes to talk to him
14 What is the name of the man accompanying Holly the first night the narrator sees her?
O.J. Berman

Rusty Trawler

Harry Arbuck

Sid Arbuck
15 Holly is rarely without her...
cat

red carnation

dark glasses

martini shaker
16 What is "21"?
A dancehall

A restaurant

Holly's address

A gay bar
17 On his way back from "21", the narrator sees a birdcage in a shop window. Why does it impress him?
It is filled with parrots

It is beautiful

It is palatial

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

Minarets

Picayunes

Virginia Slims
19 Why is the narrator intrigued by the country songs Holly plays on her guitar?
She seems to have composed them herself

They suggest her rural roots

She is an excellent country singer

He is a country music fan
20 Why does Holly visit the narrator's apartment late at night?
She is lonely

She is avoiding Yunioshi

She is escaping a "terrifying man"

She can't find her key
21 Why does Holly call the narrator "Fred"?
It is his name

He reminds her of her brother, Fred

He refuses to tell her his name

He reminds her of one of her lovers, Fred
22 Why does Holly claim she is attracted to older men?
She adores grey hair

She has a "father complex"

Young men treat women with disrespect

She has trained herself to like them
23 Holly asks the narrator to tell her the plotline of one of his short stories. Why does he refuse?
His plotlines are too long

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

He is too tired

He is ashamed of his work
24 What does Holly assume the narrator's short story is about?
Two lesbians

Two homosexuals

Two schoolteachers

Two sisters
25 Why does Holly wish for a lesbian roommate?
Lesbians never get married

She is a lesbian herself

Lesbians tend to be rich

Lesbians are wonderful homemakers