The Talented Mr. Ripley Quizzes

The Talented Mr. Ripley Quiz Chapters 1-7

1 Where does Tom first encounter Herbert Greenleaf?

Church

A bar

The shipyard

The subway
2 What best describes Tom's relationship to Dickie Greenleaf at the novel's beginning?

They are former lovers

They are close friends

They are mortal enemies

They are distant acquaintances
3 Who does Tom live with at the novel's start?

Paul Hubbard

Dickie Greenleaf

Marc Priminger

Bob Delancey
4 What illness does Mrs. Greenleaf suffer from?

Leukemia

Multiple sclerosis

Lung cancer

Arthritis
5 How does Tom Ripley make money?

He sells barely-functional cars

He takes out loans under fake identities

He is a French tutor, though he does not speak French

He tricks strangers into thinking they owe extra tax money
6 Why is Tom afraid of water?

A hurricane flooded his childhood home

He was too poor ever to take swimming lessons

He is a germophobe and thinks the water carries diseases

His parents drowned when he was young
7 What makes Tom angry when he boards his ship to Europe?

He has a view of the water

His friends have come to see him off

He has been placed in a second-class cabin

The champagne in his cabin is not chilled
8 What does Mr. Greenleaf want his son to do?

Get married

Go to law school

Train as a painter

Become a ship designer
9 Where do the Greenleafs live?

Park Avenue

Amsterdam Avenue

Lexington Avenue

Riverside Drive
10 What does Tom's friend Cleo do in her spare time?

Write erotic poetry

Build houses for mice

Paint tiny pictures

Compose operettas in Italian
11 What job does Tom tell the Greenleafs he has?

Banker at Morgan Stanley

Accountant at an advertising firm

Clerk for a district judge

Doctoral student in economics
12 What present does Tom pack to give to Dickie?

A family photograph

A textbook

A bathrobe

A paintbrush
13 What surprise causes Tom to break down in tears in his boat cabin?

A bottle of champagne from Cleo

A check from Bob

A fruit basket from the Greenleafs

A letter from his aunt Dottie
14 What purchase does Tom make on the boat?

A cap

An Italian-English phrasebook

A bottle of sleeping pills

A camera
15 Which book does Tom attempt to check out from the ship's library?

Henry James' "The Ambassadors"

T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"

Niccolo Macchiavelli's "The Prince"

Jane Austen's "Persuasion"
16 Tom writes the Greenleafs a letter on the ship, but is unable to send it for what reason?

He impulsively adds a made-up description of his time with Dickie

He becomes crippled by self-doubt and fear before addressing it

He spills his martini on it

He is so sick and delirious that his letter makes no sense
17 What memory from childhood causes Tom to resent his aunt Dottie?

Her calling him a "sissy"

Her refusing to discuss his parents' deaths

Her getting him addicted to alcohol as a teen

Her refusing to send him to school past eighth grade
18 What best describes Tom's mood on the ship to Europe?

Manic

Tired

Disciplined

Anxious
19 What invitation from a fellow boat passenger does Tom decline?

Going ashore

Playing bridge

Eating supper on the deck

Shopping at the ship's luxury boutique
20 What famous landmark does Tom glimpse from his train window?

The Eiffel Tower

The leaning tower of Pisa

The Arc de Triomphe

The Parthenon
21 With whom does Tom share an unpleasant encounter in Naples?

An elderly man selling drugs

A teenage boy seeking a tip

A priostitute

A young orphaned girl
22 What mishap does Tom deal with in Naples?

Ordering the wrong food due to his lack of language skills

Sleeping overnight in the train station to save money

Losing his suitcase after falling asleep on the bus

Being drawn into a bar fight after drinking too much brandy
23 Where does Tom find Dickie when he reaches Mongibello?

In a bar

At the beach

In the bathing-suit shop

At the post office
24 How does Dickie react to Tom's arrival?

He seems to believe that Tom is trying to seduce Marge

He angrily suspects that Tom has been sent by his father

He is more excited to see Tom than Tom is to see him

He doesn't know who Tom is
25 How does Tom feel during his first lunch with Dickie and Marge?

Excluded

Relaxed

Nervous

Ambitious

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