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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. From where could people see the castle Didion discusses in "A Trip to Xanadu"?
(a) Highway 15.
(b) Highway 1.
(c) Highway 80.
(d) Highway 61.

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

3. What is written on Frank L.'s cake in "Getting Serenity"?
(a) Miracles Still Happen.
(b) Happy Birthday.
(c) Nice Job, Frank!
(d) Happy Anniversary.

4. 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)?
(a) The Wall Street Journal.
(b) The EastSide Reporter.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The San Francisco Chronicle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Alicia and the Underground Press," what does Didion feel the claim to have no bias in reporting leads to in writing?

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

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

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

5. What does Didion feel meetings such as the one she attended in "Getting Serenity" reinforce in people?

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