A Confederacy of Dunces

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

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Introduction

Before Reading

Reading Context

During Reading

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After Reading

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Chapters 1-2

1. D.H. Holmes (Chapter 1)

2. 30 years old (Chapter 1)

3. Baton Rouge (Chapter 1)

4. Collie (Chapter 2)

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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.