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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what contemporary author does the writing assignment Didion quotes in Chapter 2 refer?
(a) Kesey.
(b) Didion.
(c) Delillo.
(d) Updike.

2. Who visits the office where both Inez and Didion work in Chapter 4?
(a) Jack Lovett.
(b) Harry Victor.
(c) Wendell Omura.
(d) Janet Christian.

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

4. What word does Jack Lovett use to describe Inez Victor when he discusses her with Didion?
(a) Noble.
(b) Resilient.
(c) Fragile.
(d) Aloof.

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

6. How does the narrator characterize Inez's daily political life in this chapter?
(a) Being eaten away from the inside.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Sleepwalking.
(d) Running a marathon.

7. Which of the following is not a measure Inez takes to protect her privacy?
(a) Checks into hotels under assumed names.
(b) Refuses to stay in the New York apartment alone.
(c) Scratches her name off prescription bottles.
(d) Stops frequenting a book store with too much delivery information.

8. Who is the annoying and loud Kiki of Chapter 4?
(a) A socialite.
(b) A journalist.
(c) A cab driver.
(d) A model.

9. At what museum did Inez work when Harry was at the Justice Department?
(a) The Smithsonian.
(b) The Library of Congress.
(c) The National Gallery.
(d) Ford's Theater.

10. To what city is Inez referring when she quotes "Colors, moisture, heat..." (16)?
(a) Kuala Lumpur.
(b) Phnom Penh.
(c) Jakarta.
(d) Ho Chi Minh City.

11. What is the name of the international group with whom Harry Victor is involved?
(a) Alliance for Democratic Institutions.
(b) Free Market Institute.
(c) Coalition of Free Democracies.
(d) The Tanner Foundation.

12. What do both aerialists and writers know not to do?
(a) Overextend themselves.
(b) Look down.
(c) Work without a net.
(d) Move too fast.

13. As an educator at Berkeley in 1975, what does Didion do every morning?
(a) Eats a grapfruit.
(b) Reads several papers.
(c) Has conferences with struggling students.
(d) Calls Inez in New York.

14. During their 1975 visit in Kuala Lumpur, who does Inez say she speaks to every night?
(a) Jack Lovett.
(b) Billy Dillon.
(c) Jesse.
(d) Harry Victor.

15. In what area's development does Dick Ziegler first make his money?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Australia.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Hong Kong.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her teaching at Berkeley, which author does Didion say can be heard in Orwell's work?

2. What is Didion's father's profession?

3. To what does Didion compare the effects of time in 1975?

4. What special interest does Paul Dillon not allow Inez to have?

5. What does Lovett say is the only way Harry and his associates believe something is true?

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