Breakfast at Tiffany’s Quizzes

Breakfast at Tiffany's Quiz 1

By A. Kimball · Edited by Christina Shelby · Last reviewed June 19, 2006

1 Why was the narrator fond of his first apartment?

He had an interesting roommate

It was large and beautifully furnished

It was the first place of his own

He wasn't fond of his apartment
2 Where was Holly Golightly's apartment?

Next door to the narrator's

Below the narrator's

Above Joe Bell's bar

Above the narrator's
3 Which is NOT one of Joe Bell's interests?

Weimaraner dogs

Sausage making

Gilbert and Sullivan

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

Polishing a mirror

Crying

Watching a baseball game

Arranging flowers
5 How does the narrator know I.Y. Yunioshi?

They were both regulars at Joe Bell's bar

He lived above the narrator in the brownstone

He met him travelling through Japan

He worked with him on a picture magazine
6 What or who is Winchell?

An African carver

A popular gossip columnist of the day

A neighborhood gossip

A popular film star of the 40s and 50s
7 In what village does Yunioshi find the carving of Holly?

Tococul

Tococo

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 walked the streets for ten years and never seen her

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
10 Which is the only name the narrator recognizes on the mailboxes of his old brownstone?

Quaintance Smith

Mag Wildwood

Sapphia Spanella

I.Y. Yunioshi
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?

17

20

19

18
13 Why does Holly ring Mr. Yunioshi's bell?

She wishes to talk to him

She wasn't given a key

She lost her key

She enjoys bothering him
14 What is the name of the man accompanying Holly the first night the narrator sees her?

Harry Arbuck

Rusty Trawler

O.J. Berman

Sid Arbuck
15 Holly is rarely without her...

martini shaker

red carnation

dark glasses

cat
16 What is "21"?

A dancehall

A restaurant

A gay bar

Holly's address
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 beautiful

It is palatial

It is filled with parrots
18 What brand of cigarettes does Holly smoke?

Virginia Slims

Picayunes

Minarets

Picadillos
19 Why is the narrator intrigued by the country songs Holly plays on her guitar?

She is an excellent country singer

They suggest her rural roots

She seems to have composed them herself

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

She can't find her key

She is avoiding Yunioshi

She is lonely

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

He reminds her of one of her lovers, Fred

He refuses to tell her his name

He reminds her of her brother, Fred

It is his name
22 Why does Holly claim she is attracted to older men?

Young men treat women with disrespect

She has trained herself to like them

She adores grey hair

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 schoolteachers

Two sisters

Two homosexuals

Two lesbians
25 Why does Holly wish for a lesbian roommate?

Lesbians tend to be rich

Lesbians are wonderful homemakers

Lesbians never get married

She is a lesbian herself

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