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

2. Who does Didion say mainstream writers dine with at the end of "Alicia and the Underground Press"?
(a) Henry Ford.
(b) President Kennedy.
(c) Harrison Ford.
(d) Howard Hughes.

3. Didion uses and example from what underground paper at the end of her essay "Alicia and the Underground Press"?
(a) The Free Press.
(b) The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The Berkeley Barb.
(d) The East Village Voice.

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

5. What kind of talk does Didion find unsettling during the meeting in "Getting Serenity"?
(a) Talk of death and dying.
(b) Talk of lying and stealing.
(c) Obsession with dates and numbers.
(d) Talk of miracles and Higher Powers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what branch of the army was the second speaker in "Getting Serenity"?

2. Where is Alicia from "Alicia and the Underground Press" from?

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

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

5. One meeting attendee in "Getting Serenity" says his idea is getting what?

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