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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 of the speakers in "Getting Serenity" say used to happen to him each time he passed Gardena?
(a) He would break out in a cold sweat.
(b) He would buy drugs.
(c) He would vomit.
(d) He would go to a bar.

2. Why is the first speaker in "Getting Serenity" unable to sleep when she returned home after 5 a.m.?
(a) She had to go to work.
(b) Her kids needed breakfast.
(c) She was replaying her game in her head.
(d) It was too light out.

3. What does Didion note that meeting attendees have an unusual knack for in "Getting Serenity"?
(a) Finishing each other's sentences.
(b) Smoking constantly.
(c) Making cake.
(d) Dates and numbers.

4. Rather than being adversaries, Didion says that writers for mainstream newspapers are now what?
(a) Bribed.
(b) Blacklisted.
(c) Confidants.
(d) Ignored.

5. What is the first speaker at the meeting Didion covers in "Getting Serenity" addicted to?
(a) Heroin.
(b) BlackJack.
(c) Draw-poker.
(d) Vodka.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city in California does the meeting in "Getting Serenity" take place?

2. How many nights does one of the speakers say he has been free from his addiction in "Getting Serenity"?

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

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

5. In "A Trip to Xanadu," who does Didion say she took to tour San Simeon after it became a state monument?

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