Q 01/05

Which To Kill a Mockingbird character did Harper Lee model on her childhood neighbor Truman Capote?

A) Jem Finch

B) Boo Radley

C) Dill Harris

D) Walter Cunningham

Answer · why

C) Dill Harris

Dill Harris, the small boy with big stories who spends his summers next door to Scout, is Lee's portrait of the young Capote, who repaid her with a to...

Q 02/05

Which actress did Paramount cast in Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's against the author's wishes?

A) Audrey Hepburn

B) Grace Kelly

C) Natalie Wood

D) Elizabeth Taylor

Answer · why

A) Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn earned an Oscar nomination in the part, but Capote said the studio had double-crossed him and disliked how far the 1961 film strayed fr...

Q 03/05

In which state were the 1959 Clutter family murders that Truman Capote reconstructed in In Cold Blood?

A) Nebraska

B) Kansas

C) Oklahoma

D) Iowa

Answer · why

B) Kansas

Kansas drew Capote west after he read a short news item about four killings in the farm town of Holcomb, and he took Harper Lee along to help win the ...

Q 04/05

Which pop artist sent Truman Capote fan letters, then based his first New York solo show on Capote's work?

A) Roy Lichtenstein

B) Jasper Johns

C) Robert Rauschenberg

D) Andy Warhol

Answer · why

D) Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol was 20 when the smouldering author photo on Capote's first novel captivated him, and his 1952 debut show was fifteen drawings based on Cap...

Q 05/05

In Capote's A Christmas Memory, what do Buddy and his elderly cousin bake and mail to President Roosevelt?

A) Pecan pies

B) Fruitcakes

C) Gingerbread men

D) Sugar cookies

Answer · why

B) Fruitcakes

Fruitcakes take the pair four days to make, using pecans they gather themselves and whiskey bought from a bootlegger, and go mostly to people they hav...