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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Inez's list of stars, what is the tenth and last to have been?
(a) Twinkling star.
(b) North star.
(c) Night star.
(d) Meridian star.

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

5. In Chapter 10, what nickname does Inez protest she has never been called?
(a) Carol Junior.
(b) Button.
(c) Nezzie.
(d) Lady Victor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Didion use as a stand-in for all the shared associates of men like Jack Lovett?

2. Where was Inez Victor born?

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

4. How does Jack Lovett's first wife describe his career to friends?

5. By what term does Janet refer to the governess that looked after Inez and her as children?

(see the answer key)

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