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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice," "Pretty Nancy," "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many nights does one of the speakers say he has been free from his addiction in "Getting Serenity"?
(a) 13.
(b) 87.
(c) 365.
(d) 1,223.

2. What is the full name of the man Joan is speaking with at the start of "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?
(a) Skip Gilligan.
(b) Skip Skipperton.
(c) Skip Smitherton.
(d) Skip Skivington.

3. In "Pretty Nancy," where does Joan say Nancy went to college?
(a) Smith.
(b) Wellesley.
(c) Yale.
(d) Stanford.

4. Though Didion agrees that writing in underground newspapers is often "amateurish and badly written," she disagrees with what sentiment?
(a) That they are boring.
(b) That they are unnecessary.
(c) That they are interesting.
(d) That they are biased.

5. What are the underground newspapers Didion describes in "Alicia and the Underground Press" able to do that mainstream papers are not?
(a) They are able to contain their bias.
(b) They are able to sway the reader's opinion.
(c) They are able to speak indirectly to the reader.
(d) They are able to get through to the readers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Didion note that meeting attendees have an unusual knack for in "Getting Serenity"?

2. Where does Didion say she used to eavesdrop on people's conversations thinking "it was a good way to learn about life" (23) in "Getting Serenity"?

3. What type of meeting does Didion cover in "Getting Serenity"?

4. What does Nancy say her husband never did even for the movies?

5. Who does Didion say mainstream writers dine with at the end of "Alicia and the Underground Press"?

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