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 does Nancy tell Joan is important to a man at the end of "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) Having a quiet place to work.
(b) Having a pretty place to work.
(c) Having a home cooked meal waiting for him.
(d) Having a pretty wife.

2. How old is the man who speaks second in "Getting Serenity" who states that the city has "destroyed" (23) him?
(a) 48.
(b) 18.
(c) 75.
(d) 22.

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

5. What does the first speaker in "Getting Serenity" do before going out to the club?
(a) Drink 1/5 of vodka.
(b) Buy drugs.
(c) Put her children to bed.
(d) Shoot up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of talk does Didion find unsettling during the meeting in "Getting Serenity"?

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

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

4. What is the name of the castle Didion discusses at the start of "A Trip to Xanadu"?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 259 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample