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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Wendell Omura pronounced dead?
(a) He is still in a coma.
(b) At the scene.
(c) In the emergency room.
(d) In the ambulance.

2. What is the name of the international group with whom Harry Victor is involved?
(a) Coalition of Free Democracies.
(b) Alliance for Democratic Institutions.
(c) Free Market Institute.
(d) The Tanner Foundation.

3. Why is Jack Lovett in Honolulu when the Christian murders occur?
(a) He is there to visit Janet Christian.
(b) He arranged the murder.
(c) He lives there.
(d) He is meeting helicopters from Vietnam.

4. The U.S. ambassador to what country is on the cover of the Newsweek Didion keeps on the writing desk?
(a) Cambodia.
(b) Chile.
(c) Indonesia.
(d) Spain.

5. In what area's development does Dick Ziegler first make his money?
(a) Australia.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the witness at the wedding of Inez and Harry Victor?

3. In her happy memory, where does Inez spend a day with her children while her husband is in Saigon?

4. What does Lovett say is the only way Harry and his associates believe something is true?

5. What special interest does Paul Dillon not allow Inez to have?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what respect is DEMOCRACY a second attempt by Joan Didion?

2. How do Janet Ziegler and Frances Landau relate to each other in Jakarta?

3. Why does Inez Victor lash out at Janet's doctors in Chapter 12?

4. How does the narrator of Democracy reveal herself in Chapter 2?

5. Describe the nature of Jack Lovett's death.

6. What does Inez Victor want to discuss with Didion in 1975 instead of her affair with Jack Lovett?

7. How does Didion keep from prematurely assessing her work?

8. Why is the lie that Jack Lovett is in the military hard to swallow?

9. Does Inez ever consider leaving Harry Victor?

10. What prompts Inez to reflect on her life in Chapter 9?

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