QUIZ: Test Your Social Climbing IQ

Just in time for the holidays! Any hobnobber worth his weight in phony smiles will want to study "The Social Climber's Bible," by Dirk Wittenborn and Jazz Johnson (Penguin, $20). One of the treats of this witty new manual on "ethical flexbility" is their quiz to evaluate your Social Climbing IQ. The authors have graciously allowed The Washington Post to offer this interactive version to our ambitious readers. (Go ahead and cheat -- that's the mark of a great social climber.)