The Talented Mr. Ripley Quizzes

The Talented Mr. Ripley Quiz Chapters 1-7

1 Where does Tom first encounter Herbert Greenleaf?
The shipyard

A bar

Church

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

They are former lovers

They are close friends

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

Marc Priminger

Bob Delancey

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

Multiple sclerosis

Arthritis

Leukemia
5 How does Tom Ripley make money?
He takes out loans under fake identities

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

He sells barely-functional cars

He tricks strangers into thinking they owe extra tax money
6 Why is Tom afraid of water?
He was too poor ever to take swimming lessons

His parents drowned when he was young

He is a germophobe and thinks the water carries diseases

A hurricane flooded his childhood home
7 What makes Tom angry when he boards his ship to Europe?
He has been placed in a second-class cabin

He has a view of the water

His friends have come to see him off

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

Become a ship designer

Go to law school

Get married
9 Where do the Greenleafs live?
Park Avenue

Lexington Avenue

Riverside Drive

Amsterdam Avenue
10 What does Tom's friend Cleo do in her spare time?
Build houses for mice

Compose operettas in Italian

Write erotic poetry

Paint tiny pictures
11 What job does Tom tell the Greenleafs he has?
Doctoral student in economics

Clerk for a district judge

Banker at Morgan Stanley

Accountant at an advertising firm
12 What present does Tom pack to give to Dickie?
A bathrobe

A family photograph

A paintbrush

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

A letter from his aunt Dottie

A bottle of champagne from Cleo

A check from Bob
14 What purchase does Tom make on the boat?
A cap

A bottle of sleeping pills

A camera

An Italian-English phrasebook
15 Which book does Tom attempt to check out from the ship's library?
Jane Austen's "Persuasion"

Henry James' "The Ambassadors"

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

Niccolo Macchiavelli's "The Prince"
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 refusing to send him to school past eighth grade

Her getting him addicted to alcohol as a teen

Her refusing to discuss his parents' deaths

Her calling him a "sissy"
18 What best describes Tom's mood on the ship to Europe?
Manic

Anxious

Tired

Disciplined
19 What invitation from a fellow boat passenger does Tom decline?
Playing bridge

Shopping at the ship's luxury boutique

Going ashore

Eating supper on the deck
20 What famous landmark does Tom glimpse from his train window?
The Parthenon

The Eiffel Tower

The leaning tower of Pisa

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

A young orphaned girl

A teenage boy seeking a tip

A priostitute
22 What mishap does Tom deal with in Naples?
Losing his suitcase after falling asleep on the bus

Being drawn into a bar fight after drinking too much brandy

Ordering the wrong food due to his lack of language skills

Sleeping overnight in the train station to save money
23 Where does Tom find Dickie when he reaches Mongibello?
At the post office

In a bar

In the bathing-suit shop

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

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

He angrily suspects that Tom has been sent by his father

He seems to believe that Tom is trying to seduce Marge
25 How does Tom feel during his first lunch with Dickie and Marge?
Relaxed

Nervous

Excluded

Ambitious

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