The Talented Mr. Ripley Quizzes

The Talented Mr. Ripley Quiz Chapters 1-7

1 Where does Tom first encounter Herbert Greenleaf?
The shipyard

The subway

A bar

Church
2 What best describes Tom's relationship to Dickie Greenleaf at the novel's beginning?
They are distant acquaintances

They are former lovers

They are mortal enemies

They are close friends
3 Who does Tom live with at the novel's start?
Paul Hubbard

Marc Priminger

Bob Delancey

Dickie Greenleaf
4 What illness does Mrs. Greenleaf suffer from?
Lung cancer

Leukemia

Multiple sclerosis

Arthritis
5 How does Tom Ripley make money?
He sells barely-functional cars

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

He tricks strangers into thinking they owe extra tax money

He takes out loans under fake identities
6 Why is Tom afraid of water?
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

A hurricane flooded his childhood home
7 What makes Tom angry when he boards his ship to Europe?
His friends have come to see him off

He has a view of the water

The champagne in his cabin is not chilled

He has been placed in a second-class cabin
8 What does Mr. Greenleaf want his son to do?
Go to law school

Train as a painter

Get married

Become a ship designer
9 Where do the Greenleafs live?
Amsterdam Avenue

Lexington Avenue

Riverside Drive

Park Avenue
10 What does Tom's friend Cleo do in her spare time?
Paint tiny pictures

Compose operettas in Italian

Build houses for mice

Write erotic poetry
11 What job does Tom tell the Greenleafs he has?
Clerk for a district judge

Banker at Morgan Stanley

Accountant at an advertising firm

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

A paintbrush

A bathrobe

A family photograph
13 What surprise causes Tom to break down in tears in his boat cabin?
A fruit basket from the Greenleafs

A bottle of champagne from Cleo

A check from Bob

A letter from his aunt Dottie
14 What purchase does Tom make on the boat?
An Italian-English phrasebook

A cap

A camera

A bottle of sleeping pills
15 Which book does Tom attempt to check out from the ship's library?
T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"

Jane Austen's "Persuasion"

Niccolo Macchiavelli's "The Prince"

Henry James' "The Ambassadors"
16 Tom writes the Greenleafs a letter on the ship, but is unable to send it for what reason?
He spills his martini on it

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

He is so sick and delirious that his letter makes no sense

He becomes crippled by self-doubt and fear before addressing it
17 What memory from childhood causes Tom to resent his aunt Dottie?
Her getting him addicted to alcohol as a teen

Her calling him a "sissy"

Her refusing to send him to school past eighth grade

Her refusing to discuss his parents' deaths
18 What best describes Tom's mood on the ship to Europe?
Anxious

Manic

Tired

Disciplined
19 What invitation from a fellow boat passenger does Tom decline?
Eating supper on the deck

Shopping at the ship's luxury boutique

Playing bridge

Going ashore
20 What famous landmark does Tom glimpse from his train window?
The Eiffel Tower

The leaning tower of Pisa

The Parthenon

The Arc de Triomphe
21 With whom does Tom share an unpleasant encounter in Naples?
An elderly man selling drugs

A teenage boy seeking a tip

A young orphaned girl

A priostitute
22 What mishap does Tom deal with in Naples?
Ordering the wrong food due to his lack of language skills

Being drawn into a bar fight after drinking too much brandy

Losing his suitcase after falling asleep on the bus

Sleeping overnight in the train station to save money
23 Where does Tom find Dickie when he reaches Mongibello?
In the bathing-suit shop

At the post office

In a bar

At the beach
24 How does Dickie react to Tom's arrival?
He doesn't know who Tom is

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
25 How does Tom feel during his first lunch with Dickie and Marge?
Relaxed

Nervous

Excluded

Ambitious

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