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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Some Women," "The Long Distance Runner," "Last Words" Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many nights does one of the speakers say he has been free from his addiction in "Getting Serenity"?
(a) 87.
(b) 365.
(c) 13.
(d) 1,223.

2. In "A Trip to Xanadu," who does Didion say she took to tour San Simeon after it became a state monument?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her niece.
(d) Her husband.

3. For what publication was Hemingway working when he would sometimes rewrite submissions for practice?
(a) The Atlantic Monthly.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Vogue.
(d) Transatlantic Review.

4. What are the underground newspapers Didion describes in "Alicia and the Underground Press" able to do that mainstream papers are not?
(a) They are able to contain their bias.
(b) They are able to speak indirectly to the reader.
(c) They are able to get through to the readers.
(d) They are able to sway the reader's opinion.

5. What does Skip tell Joan he is not to be mistaken for despite having a beard in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?
(a) Unkempt.
(b) A hippie.
(c) Santa Claus.
(d) An old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Why I Write," Didion refers to writing as "the tactic of a secret" what?

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

3. What was Didion suffering from which became one of the images used in her novel A Book of Common Prayer?

4. What wife of Hemingway's is mentioned at the start of "Last Words"?

5. In "Telling Stories," how many stories does Didion say she completed for English 106A?

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