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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. Where in Las Vegas is the reunion Joan attends in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"located?
(a) Caesar's Palace.
(b) El Cortez.
(c) Stardust Casino.
(d) Stargazers Casino.

2. What does Nancy say her husband never did even for the movies?
(a) Wore new clothes.
(b) Smiled.
(c) Combed his hair.
(d) Wore makeup.

3. How does Didion describe Richardson when in the act of filming a movie?
(a) Distant.
(b) Deliriously engaged.
(c) Serious.
(d) Hopelessly disorganized.

4. In "Long Distance Runner," who did Richardson take to France when Didion and her husband were unable to join him?
(a) He went alone.
(b) Their daughter.
(c) His daughters.
(d) Didion's brother.

5. What does Didion say she tried very hard to do while a student at Berkeley in "Why I Write"?
(a) Think in abstracts.
(b) Think clearly.
(c) Think more realistically.
(d) Think like her professors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Didion say is the only woman Mapplethorpe photographed who came across as being "entirely in charge of herself" (62)?

2. How does Nancy's son get home from school in "Pretty Nancy"?

3. Where is Skip's son stationed in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?

4. What is something Didion felt her classmates in English 106A had that she did not in "Telling Stories"?

5. From where does Didion receive a rejection letter in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

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