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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Alicia and the Underground Press," "Getting Serenity," "A Trip to Xanadu" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one meeting attendee tell Joan happens to kids upon the first time entering a gambling club?
(a) They are so shocked they leave.
(b) He loses his money right away.
(c) Most do not become addicted.
(d) He is hooked for life.

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

3. Where is Alicia from "Alicia and the Underground Press" from?
(a) Anchorage.
(b) Minneapolis.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Ann Arbor.

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

5. In "A Trip to Xanadu," Didion says that San Simeon is "exactly the castle" (26) what type of person would build if that person were wealthy?
(a) A servant.
(b) A woman.
(c) A man.
(d) A child.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Didion in "A Trip to Xanadu," in what year did San Simeon become a state monument?

2. Who do the San Simeon tour guides in "A Trip to Xanadu" tell the group still stays in the 21 room guest house?

3. What is one of the newspapers that the author lists as one of the few that do not make her feel as though "the oxygen has been cut off from [her] brain tissue" (20)?

4. What are the underground newspapers Didion describes in "Alicia and the Underground Press" able to do that mainstream papers are not?

5. How many people does Didion write in "A Trip to Xanadu" visited San Simeon annually?

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