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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jack Lovett's first wife describe his career to friends?
(a) International exporter.
(b) Army officer.
(c) Legal aid.
(d) Adventurer.

2. Which member of her family will Inez visit in the hospital within a couple hours of landing?
(a) Paul.
(b) Dwight.
(c) Janet.
(d) Jessie.

3. How does Harry Victor describe Inez Victor's unhappiness in Chapter 9?
(a) Contagious.
(b) False.
(c) Chronic.
(d) Palpable.

4. What type of suits does Jack Lovett customarily wear?
(a) Seersucker.
(b) Three-piece.
(c) Leisure.
(d) Pinstripe.

5. In her teaching at Berkeley, which author does Didion say can be heard in Orwell's work?
(a) Faulkner.
(b) Twain.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Hawthorne.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what paper does Didion first read about the Paul Christian murders?

2. What action does the airline representative have difficulty doing when he meets Inez Victor in the rain?

3. How does the narrator characterize Inez's daily political life in this chapter?

4. According to Inez, what is the major casualty of public life?

5. Where was Inez Victor born?

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