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?

It was large and beautifully furnished

He had an interesting roommate

He wasn't fond of his apartment

It was the first place of his own
2 Where was Holly Golightly's apartment?

Above Joe Bell's bar

Below the narrator's

Above the narrator's

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?

Polishing a mirror

Arranging flowers

Watching a baseball game

Crying
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?

An African carver

A popular film star of the 40s and 50s

A neighborhood gossip

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

Tococo

Morroco

Tococul

Anglia
8 Why does the African artist refuse to sell the carving of Holly?

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

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

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

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

Sapphia Spanella

Quaintance Smith

Mag Wildwood

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

Hollywood

Holiday

Holcomb

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

19

20

18

17
13 Why does Holly ring Mr. Yunioshi's bell?

She lost her key

She enjoys bothering him

She wasn't given a key

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

Rusty Trawler

O.J. Berman

Harry Arbuck

Sid Arbuck
15 Holly is rarely without her...

red carnation

martini shaker

dark glasses

cat
16 What is "21"?

Holly's address

A gay bar

A dancehall

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 beautiful

It is filled with parrots

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

Minarets

Picadillos

Virginia Slims

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

They suggest her rural roots

She seems to have composed them herself

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 escaping a "terrifying man"

She is avoiding Yunioshi

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

He reminds her of her brother, Fred

It is his name

He reminds her of one of her lovers, Fred

He refuses to tell her 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 has a "father complex"

She adores grey hair
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

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

He is too tired

His plotlines are too long
24 What does Holly assume the narrator's short story is about?

Two homosexuals

Two sisters

Two schoolteachers

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

Lesbians tend to be rich

Lesbians are wonderful homemakers

She is a lesbian herself

Lesbians never get married