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

2. What does Didion say she tried very hard to do while a student at Berkeley in "Why I Write"?
(a) Think more realistically.
(b) Think clearly.
(c) Think like her professors.
(d) Think in abstracts.

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) Cal-Tech.
(b) UCLA.
(c) UC Berkeley.
(d) Stanford.

4. What word does Joan use to describe the way things were back when she received her rejection letter compared to when she wrote What grade does Joan's friend get on the essay she wrote for him in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) Silly.
(b) Benign.
(c) Intense.
(d) Old-Fashioned.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Skip tell Joan he is not to be mistaken for despite having a beard in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?

2. What is Martha Stewart's daughter's name?

3. How old is Nancy's son in "Pretty Nancy"?

4. In "Last Words," what is it said that Mary Hemingway wrote regarding Hemingway in her memoir?

5. What does one meeting attendee tell Joan happens to kids upon the first time entering a gambling club?

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