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

2. Where does Inez eventually work with refugees?
(a) Tibet.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) Sarajevo.
(d) Kuala Lumpur.

3. In what paper does Didion first read about the Paul Christian murders?
(a) The Los Angeles Times.
(b) The New York Times
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The Wall Street Journal.

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

5. To what does Didion compare the effects of time in 1975?
(a) An atomic bomb.
(b) A black hole.
(c) An all-you-can-eat buffet.
(d) A weathering brook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What romantic painter does Inez publicly state she would never hang in a Zaire embassy?

2. Who are the real "wildcards" in Jack Lovett's estimation (37)?

3. In what city do Janet and Dick Ziegler's children go to school?

4. Whose presence at the house does Billy Dillon not mention in his telling of events in the chapter?

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

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