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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. Didion uses and example from what underground paper at the end of her essay "Alicia and the Underground Press"?
(a) The Berkeley Barb.
(b) The Free Press.
(c) The East Village Voice.
(d) The Wall Street Journal.

2. Why does Didion say that underground newspapers are not truly underground in "Alicia and the Underground Press"?
(a) Because the writers are professional journalists.
(b) Because the identity of the writers is known.
(c) Because they have a wide readership.
(d) Because their offices are in tall buildings.

3. What does Didion say she tried very hard to do while a student at Berkeley in "Why I Write"?
(a) Think clearly.
(b) Think like her professors.
(c) Think more realistically.
(d) Think in abstracts.

4. What year does "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice" first mention?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1934.

5. Among what other items does Joan's rejection letter sit in a drawer at her mother's house in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) Joan's journals and publications.
(b) Dead batteries and outdated electrical cords.
(c) Bridesmaid photographs and dried butterfly orchids.
(d) Junk mail and old keys.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Walter Davis' son in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?

2. What does Didion say she has never read in an underground paper in "Alicia and the Underground Press"?

3. What grade does Joan's friend get on the essay she wrote for him in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

4. In "A Trip to Xanadu," Didion says that San Simeon is "exactly the castle" (26) what type of person would build if that person were wealthy?

5. Who does Didion say mainstream writers dine with at the end of "Alicia and the Underground Press"?

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