106 pages • 3 hours read
John Kennedy TooleA Confederacy of Dunces
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Answer Key
Chapters 1-2
1. D.H. Holmes (Chapter 1)
2. 30 years old (Chapter 1)
3. Baton Rouge (Chapter 1)
4. Collie (Chapter 2)
Short-Answer Response
Answer each of the following questions in a complete sentence or sentences. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Mrs. Reilly crashes her car into a post that supports the bar’s wrought-iron balcony, causing the balcony to collapse. The settlement payment would be to repair the balcony (Chapter 2)
2. He takes a job at Night of Joy to earn money and to keep the police away from him. (Chapter 2)
Chapters 3-4
Reading Check
1. An insurance company (Chapter 3)
2. A soldier’s uniform (Chapter 3)
3. Vaseline (Chapter 3)
4. Medusa (Chapter 3)
5. Custodian of the Department of Research and Reference (Chapter 4)
Short-Answer Response
Answer each of the following questions in a complete sentence or sentences. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. The book relates Ignatius’s general experience in the working world and details the innovations he has implemented at Levy Pants.
