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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what tropical city are Inez and Jack Lovett when Saigon falls?
(a) Honolulu.
(b) Kuala Lumpur.
(c) Phnom Penh.
(d) Jakarta.

4. What is Inez Victor's maiden name?
(a) Krauss.
(b) Bouvier.
(c) Samson.
(d) Christian.

5. In the style of what English Victorian writer does Didion begin Chapter 2?
(a) Melville.
(b) Elliot.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Trollope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of his own family does Paul Christian eventually kill?

2. In what year does the Chapter 1 conversation take place?

3. What was the subject of the novel that Didion abandoned?

4. In the famous footage of Inez dancing, which famous New York building is she atop?

5. How long is the island that Lovett describes in Chapter 1?

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