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ARE YOU A JACKIE OR A MARILYN? TAKE THE QUIZ . . .

September 2010
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ARE YOU A JACKIE OR A MARILYN? TAKE THE QUIZ . . .
September 2010

ARE YOU A JACKIE OR A MARILYN? TAKE THE QUIZ . . .

1. DURING TIMES OF STRESS, YOU...

a) go for a walk on the beach.

b) meditate.

c) pour gin in your tea.

2. FOR YOU. SEX IS ...

a) uncomplicated and fun!

b) a way of saying, “Thank you.”

c) a means to an end.

3. BEFORE YOU MEET A MAN FOR DINNER, YOU...

a) shave your legs.

b) run a Dun & Bradstreet on the guy.

c) break out your tippy-tallest Manolos and hope for the best.

4. YOU WAKE UP EVERY MORNING ...

a) with your day completely planned.

b) and do whatever you feel like.

c) turn to the person next to you, and say, “Hello, dear.”

5. YOUR CHILDHOOD IS SOMETHING...

a) not discussed.

b) to be celebrated.

c) you’ve been running from your whole life.

6. YOUR FATHER ...

a) loved you and gave you confidence.

b) was Clark Gable.

c) taught you to throw a football.

7. YOUR MOTHER ...

a) scares the hell out of you.

b) left you all of her Balenciaga and Schlumberger.

c) secretly loves your little sister (you know, the “pretty one”) more.

8. AFTER YOU SLEEP WITH SOMEONE FOR THE FIRST TIME. HE...

a) offers you the lead in his movie.

b) asks you to marry him.

c) has a Cartier bibelot on the breakfast tray.

9. IN YOUR OPINION,

MONEY IS ...

a) everything.

b) no, we mean it—everything.

c) not that important—as long as you have a roof over your head and Veuve Clicquot in the fridge, you’re cool.

10. MEETING YOUR FUTURE MOTHER-IN-LAW

FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU ...

a) convert to Judaism.

b) brush up on your French.

c) eschew underwear.

11. FORMER BEAUX KEEP UP WITH YOU...

a) on Facebook.

b) on the front page of The New York Times.

c) they don’t. They’re still

devastated by the breakup. They’ll never get over it. Never.

12.YOUR BEST FRIEND IS...

a) your roommate from prep school.

b) your hairdresser, makeup artist, stand-in, publicist, housekeeper, majordomo, Peggy Siegal—or some varying combination.

c) just you, baby. Just you.

For more questions and the answer key, go to vf.com.

Excerpted from Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn?, by Pamela Keogh, to be published in October by Gotham Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc.; © 2010 by the author.