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

He had an interesting roommate

It was the first place of his own

It was large and beautifully furnished
2 Where was Holly Golightly's apartment?
Above Joe Bell's bar

Above the narrator's

Next door to the narrator's

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

Ice hockey

Weimaraner dogs

Gilbert and Sullivan
4 What is Joe Bell doing when the narrator enters his bar?
Crying

Polishing a mirror

Watching a baseball game

Arranging flowers
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?
A popular gossip columnist of the day

An African carver

A neighborhood gossip

A popular film star of the 40s and 50s
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

He recognizes that it is a priceless work of art

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
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

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

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

Mag Wildwood

I.Y. Yunioshi

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

Holiday

Holly Mae

Hollywood
12 How old is Holly when the narrator first meets her?
19

20

17

18
13 Why does Holly ring Mr. Yunioshi's bell?
She wishes to talk to him

She enjoys bothering him

She lost her key

She wasn't given a key
14 What is the name of the man accompanying Holly the first night the narrator sees her?
Harry Arbuck

O.J. Berman

Sid Arbuck

Rusty Trawler
15 Holly is rarely without her...
red carnation

cat

dark glasses

martini shaker
16 What is "21"?
A restaurant

A gay bar

Holly's address

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

It is filled with parrots

It is palatial

It is beautiful
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?
He is a country music fan

She seems to have composed them herself

She is an excellent country singer

They suggest her rural roots
20 Why does Holly visit the narrator's apartment late at night?
She can't find her key

She is avoiding Yunioshi

She is escaping a "terrifying man"

She is lonely
21 Why does Holly call the narrator "Fred"?
He reminds her of one of her lovers, Fred

It is his name

He reminds her of her brother, Fred

He refuses to tell her his name
22 Why does Holly claim she is attracted to older men?
She adores grey hair

She has trained herself to like them

Young men treat women with disrespect

She has a "father complex"
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 is ashamed of his work

He is too tired

He doesn't write the kind of stories one can tell
24 What does Holly assume the narrator's short story is about?
Two lesbians

Two schoolteachers

Two sisters

Two homosexuals
25 Why does Holly wish for a lesbian roommate?
She is a lesbian herself

Lesbians tend to be rich

Lesbians are wonderful homemakers

Lesbians never get married