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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what small detail does Billy Dillon repeatedly fixate as he describes Dwight and Ruthie Christian?
(a) Umbrellas.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Crackers.

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

3. At what American magazine did both Joan Didion and Inez Victor work?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Vogue.
(c) Time.
(d) Rolling Stone.

4. Which of the following is not a reason that the Alliance of Democratic Institutions is losing influence in 1975?
(a) The Vietnam War is over.
(b) Several of its board members are under indictment.
(c) Harry Victor is seen as a political has-been.
(d) The IRS is trying to revoke its tax-exempt status.

5. What romantic painter does Inez publicly state she would never hang in a Zaire embassy?
(a) Goya.
(b) Delacroix.
(c) Millet.
(d) Sargent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what museum did Inez work when Harry was at the Justice Department?

3. What is the ill-chosen name of Dick Ziegler's new development?

4. As an educator at Berkeley in 1975, what does Didion do every morning?

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

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