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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. Who found Hemingway after he had shot himself in 1961?
(a) His son.
(b) His agent.
(c) His wife.
(d) His brother.

2. In "Telling Stories," what publication finally accepted Didion's story "When Did Music Come This Way"?
(a) Denver Quarterly.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Esquire.
(d) Harper's.

3. In "Pretty Nancy," what does Joan say Nancy's husband is the "definition of" (35)?
(a) Good Old Boy.
(b) Nice Guy.
(c) Good Husband.
(d) Career Politician.

4. Where is Didion working at the start of "Some Women"?
(a) Mademoiselle.
(b) Lady's Home Journal.
(c) Vogue.
(d) Cosmopolitan.

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 like her professors.
(c) Think clearly.
(d) Think more realistically.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Long Distance Runner," what word does Didion say Richardson often used when describing work?

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

3. Where is the film The Border being shot at the start of "Long Distance Runner"?

4. What wife of Hemingway's is mentioned at the start of "Last Words"?

5. What is the subject of the essay Joan's friend asked her to write for him in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

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