View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice," "Pretty Nancy," "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Didion and the TV crew there to observe Nancy doing in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) Helping her son with his homework.
(b) Cooking for a dinner party.
(c) Whatever she would do on an average Tuesday morning.
(d) Writing her memoir.

2. One of the meeting attendees, Frank L., has been going to meetings for six years and on the night Joan attended had not placed a bet in how long?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 1 year.

3. One meeting attendee in "Getting Serenity" says his idea is getting what?
(a) Married.
(b) Serenity.
(c) Sober.
(d) A job.

4. Who is signed as the Director of Admissions on the rejection letter Joan Didion discusses in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) Redford K. Barboza.
(b) Rex P. Smith.
(c) Rixford K. Snyder.
(d) Robert J. Snider.

5. In "Alicia and the Underground Press," what does Didion feel the claim to have no bias in reporting leads to in writing?
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Clarity.
(d) Dishonesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Walter Davis from "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles" stationed in Holland?

2. What type of flower does the TV newsman suggest Nancy pick in "Pretty Nancy"?

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

4. How old is Nancy's daughter Patti in "Pretty Nancy"?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 262 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample