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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 does the first speaker in "Getting Serenity" do before going out to the club?
(a) Shoot up.
(b) Put her children to bed.
(c) Drink 1/5 of vodka.
(d) Buy drugs.

2. What is the name of the castle Didion discusses at the start of "A Trip to Xanadu"?
(a) The Sacramento.
(b) San Simeon.
(c) Saint Simone.
(d) Castillo del Sol.

3. Where does Joan begin taking classes after she was rejected from the college of her choice in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) Stanford.
(b) UC Berkeley.
(c) UCLA.
(d) Cal-Tech.

4. What does Nancy tell Joan she does not believe in being at the end of "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) A helicopter parent.
(b) A busybody.
(c) A meek housewife.
(d) An absentee mother.

5. 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"?
(a) Bridesmaid photographs and dried butterfly orchids.
(b) Dead batteries and outdated electrical cords.
(c) Joan's journals and publications.
(d) Junk mail and old keys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Didion say she considered doing after receiving her rejection letter in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

2. From where could people see the castle Didion discusses in "A Trip to Xanadu"?

3. What type of flower does the TV newsman suggest Nancy pick in "Pretty Nancy"?

4. Though Didion agrees that writing in underground newspapers is often "amateurish and badly written," she disagrees with what sentiment?

5. What does the newsman want Nancy to do as she answers the first question he asks her in "Pretty Nancy"?

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