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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what location are men like Jack Lovett always comfortable, according to Didion?
(a) Bed.
(b) Desert.
(c) Consulate.
(d) Airplane.

4. What was the subject of the novel that Didion abandoned?
(a) Hawaiian geography.
(b) Jack Lovett.
(c) Inez Victor.
(d) The Christian Family.

5. What appointment does Harry Victor turn down to run for President?
(a) President of the World Bank.
(b) Attorney General.
(c) An ambassadorship.
(d) Representative to the U.N.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Jack Lovett in Honolulu when the Christian murders occur?

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

4. What drug does Inez catch her daughter Jessie using in 1973?

5. At what American magazine did both Joan Didion and Inez Victor work?

(see the answer key)

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