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

2. According to Didion in "A Trip to Xanadu," in what year did San Simeon become a state monument?
(a) 2020.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1958.

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

4. What is the name of the castle Didion discusses at the start of "A Trip to Xanadu"?
(a) San Simeon.
(b) Castillo del Sol.
(c) The Sacramento.
(d) Saint Simone.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Didion say she used to eavesdrop on people's conversations thinking "it was a good way to learn about life" (23) in "Getting Serenity"?

3. Who is the author of Let Me Tell You What I Mean?

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

5. In "Alicia and the Underground Press," what does Didion feel a reader can be sure of when the writer allows their bias to exist?

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