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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the Christian family agrees to an interview with CBS during the 1972 campaign?
(a) Carol.
(b) Dwight.
(c) Paul.
(d) Janet.

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

3. What event were Inez and Jack attending when they first met?
(a) The christening of a ship.
(b) An inauguration.
(c) A debutante ball.
(d) A ballet.

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

5. How long is the island that Lovett describes in Chapter 1?
(a) A mile and a half.
(b) Eight miles.
(c) A half a mile.
(d) Five miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the international group with whom Harry Victor is involved?

2. According to one of Carol Christian's axioms, what does a woman blowing smoke at a man mean?

3. Who visits the office where both Inez and Didion work in Chapter 4?

4. To what city is Inez referring when she quotes "Colors, moisture, heat..." (16)?

5. In the style of what English Victorian writer does Didion begin Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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