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

2. What does Didion say she did when she first read the college rejection letter in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) She cried.
(b) She did not really care.
(c) She tore the letter.
(d) She called her mom.

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

4. Which if Martha Stewarts cars does she drive herself?
(a) Jaguar.
(b) Suburban.
(c) Corvette.
(d) Tesla.

5. Who wrote the script for "Hills Like White Elephants" discussed in "Long Distance Runner"?
(a) Jack Nicholson and Richardson.
(b) Didion and her husband.
(c) Didion and Richardson.
(d) Didion's husband and Tony Richardson.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "Telling Stories," what does Didion say compelled her to try writing short stories again after 10 years?

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

5. In "Some Women," what does Robert Mapplethorpe say is present in the way he arranges things for his photo shoots?

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