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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Some Women," "The Long Distance Runner," "Last Words" Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Telling Stories," what does Didion say many publications gave as a reason for not publishing "When Did Music Come This Way"?
(a) The flat characters.
(b) Its lack of plot.
(c) Its poor structure.
(d) Its depressive nature.

2. In "Why I Write," Didion says that the image that played into her story the most in Book of Common Prayer came from when she was at an airport in which country?
(a) Panama.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Colombia.
(d) Sweden.

3. Which friend of Hemingway and his wife does Didion mention at the start of "Last Words"?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Pauline.
(c) Pam.
(d) Polly.

4. At the start of "Why I Write," Didion says that "writing is the act of saying" (42) what?
(a) They.
(b) You.
(c) We.
(d) I.

5. Where did Hemingway shoot himself in 1961?
(a) Key West.
(b) Havana.
(c) Africa.
(d) Ketchum, Idaho.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Telling Stories," what novel does Didion say developed from her notes that began about a man and woman in New York?

2. In "Some Women," Didion says that Mapplethorpe's photograph always exhibit a tension between what?

3. What is F. Scott Fitzgerald quoted as calling Hemingway in a letter to Maxwell Perkins in "Last Words"?

4. What year was Walter Davis from "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles" stationed in Holland?

5. What is the full name of the man Joan is speaking with at the start of "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?

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