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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Last Words" Part II, "Everywoman.com" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Some Women," what does Robert Mapplethorpe say is present in the way he arranges things for his photo shoots?
(a) His controlling parents.
(b) His catholic upbringing.
(c) His laid back attitude.
(d) His obsessive nature.

2. What wife of Hemingway's is mentioned at the start of "Last Words"?
(a) Holly.
(b) Henrietta.
(c) Hadley.
(d) Hildy.

3. What was Didion suffering from which became one of the images used in her novel A Book of Common Prayer?
(a) Flu.
(b) Norovirus.
(c) Paratyphoid.
(d) Food poisoning.

4. Didion disagrees with the suggestion that Martha Stewart is trying to return to a time of what?
(a) The roaring '20s.
(b) The feminist movement.
(c) The 1950s homemaker.
(d) Free love.

5. Who edited Hemingway's manuscript for True at First Light after he died?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) His son, Patrick.
(c) Charles F. Fenton.
(d) His wife, Mary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Nancy's son's nickname in "Pretty Nancy"?

3. How long after his father's suicide did Hemingway submit the completed manuscript of A Farewell to Arms?

4. One meeting attendee in "Getting Serenity" says his idea is getting what?

5. What is F. Scott Fitzgerald quoted as calling Hemingway in a letter to Maxwell Perkins in "Last Words"?

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