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

2. 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 East Village Voice.
(d) The Berkeley Barb.

3. Who built the castle Didion discusses in "A Trip to Xanadu"?
(a) William Randolph Hearst.
(b) William Butler Yeats.
(c) Henry Ford.
(d) Orson Welles.

4. 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 mother.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her niece.

5. Who is the author of Let Me Tell You What I Mean?
(a) Joan Didion.
(b) Alicia Didion.
(c) Martha Stewart.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the first speaker in "Getting Serenity" unable to sleep when she returned home after 5 a.m.?

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

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

4. What is the first speaker at the meeting Didion covers in "Getting Serenity" addicted to?

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

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