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Breakfast at Tiffany's Quiz 1

  • 1. Why was the narrator fond of his first apartment?
    •     He had an interesting roommate
    •     It was the first place of his own
    •     It was large and beautifully furnished
    •     He wasn't fond of his apartment

  • 2. Where was Holly Golightly's apartment?
    •     Next door to the narrator's
    •     Above the narrator's
    •     Below the narrator's
    •     Above Joe Bell's bar

  • 3. Which is NOT one of Joe Bell's interests?
    •     Ice hockey
    •     Gilbert and Sullivan
    •     Sausage making
    •     Weimaraner dogs

  • 4. What is Joe Bell doing when the narrator enters his bar?
    •     Crying
    •     Watching a baseball game
    •     Arranging flowers
    •     Polishing a mirror

  • 5. How does the narrator know I.Y. Yunioshi?
    •     They were both regulars at Joe Bell's bar
    •     He met him travelling through Japan
    •     He lived above the narrator in the brownstone
    •     He worked with him on a picture magazine

  • 6. What or who is Winchell?
    •     A popular film star of the 40s and 50s
    •     An African carver
    •     A popular gossip columnist of the day
    •     A neighborhood gossip

  • 7. In what village does Yunioshi find the carving of Holly?
    •     Tococo
    •     Tococul
    •     Morroco
    •     Anglia

  • 8. Why does the African artist refuse to sell the carving of Holly?
    •     He recognizes that it is a priceless work of art
    •     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

  • 9. Why does Joe Bell refuse to believe that Holly is in New York
    •     He has concrete proof that she is still in Africa
    •     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

  • 10. Which is the only name the narrator recognizes on the mailboxes of his old brownstone?
    •     Sapphia Spanella
    •     Quaintance Smith
    •     I.Y. Yunioshi
    •     Mag Wildwood

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