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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what city do Janet and Dick Ziegler's children go to school?
2. What does Billy Dillon do on the flight to Honolulu to calm himself?
3. Who informs Inez of the shootings?
4. When explaining to her father how he is not poor, what does Inez tell him he is not?
5. What does Jessie say is her end goal for her career plan?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the novel, Inez Victor offers two viewpoints regarding America's place in the world community. These viewpoints derive from our country's collective reaction to the war in Vietnam and are represented by the characters of Harry Victor and Jack Lovett. Write an essay about these opposing viewpoints in three parts:
Part 1) What is Harry Victor's attitude toward the Vietnam War? How does he think America should impact the world community? What should we foster and what should we avoid? To what extent is his viewpoint a moral viewpoint?
Part 2) How does Jack Lovett feel about the relationships among nations? How does his career reflect this attitude? Does he appear to have unifying
worldview? Are his actions purely pragmatic?
Part 3) In what way does the relationship between Lovett and Victor represent the friction between pragmatism and idealism? Does Inez Victor represent the American people, as such?
Essay Topic 2
The story of DEMOCRACY is the story of Inez Victor's discovery of self. Write an essay about this process, how it occurs, and what Inez discovers through it. What is she forced to sublimate and sacrifice in her marriage to Harry Victor? After the shattering events of the narrative, how does she find peace and satisfaction? In what way is Jack Lovett instrumental in making this transition occur?
Essay Topic 3
Living beneath the surface of the narrative is the end of the Vietnam War. In the first half of the novel, Didion makes explicit mention of the Fall of Saigon. Write an essay about this historical moment becomes incredibly important both thematically and in terms of the narrative. Which characters are personally involved in the end of the war? How does defeat in Vietnam ripple through the lives of the characters in the novel and through the history it dramatizes?
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