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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Why I Write," "Telling Stories" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Joan begin taking classes after she was rejected from the college of her choice in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) UCLA.
(b) Stanford.
(c) UC Berkeley.
(d) Cal-Tech.

2. In what city in California does the meeting in "Getting Serenity" take place?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Hollywood.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Gardena.

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

4. What does Didion say she has never read in an underground paper in "Alicia and the Underground Press"?
(a) She says she has never read anything useless.
(b) She says she has never read anything well written.
(c) She says she has never read anything political.
(d) She says she has never read anything she needs to know.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the first speaker in "Getting Serenity" do before going out to the club?

3. 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?

4. Didion uses and example from what underground paper at the end of her essay "Alicia and the Underground Press"?

5. What are Didion and the TV crew there to observe Nancy doing in "Pretty Nancy"?

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