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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. What is one of the words Didion uses to describe the way the Hearsts spend their money in "A Trip to Xanadu"?
(a) Frivolously.
(b) Conservatively.
(c) Flamboyance.
(d) Responsibility.

2. One meeting attendee in "Getting Serenity" says his idea is getting what?
(a) Serenity.
(b) Married.
(c) A job.
(d) Sober.

3. In "A Trip to Xanadu," who does Didion say she took to tour San Simeon after it became a state monument?
(a) Her niece.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her mother.

4. 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"?
(a) Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms.
(b) Shakespeare's Hamlet.
(c) Milton's Paradise Lost.
(d) Conrad's Nostromo.

5. In what year was Skip active in the 101st Airborne in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1958.

Short Answer Questions

1. Among what other items does Joan's rejection letter sit in a drawer at her mother's house in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

2. Who is the author of Let Me Tell You What I Mean?

3. In "Pretty Nancy," Didion describes Nancy has having a smile of someone who did what?

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

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

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