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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. In "Telling Stories," what novel does Didion say developed from her notes that began about a man and woman in New York?
(a) A Book of Common Prayer.
(b) A River Runs Through it.
(c) Run River.
(d) The Sacramento River.

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

3. In "Telling Stories," how many stories does Didion say she completed for English 106A?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

4. In "Long Distance Runner," where is Richardson filiming in 1989?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) France.
(c) America.
(d) Spain.

5. 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 East Village Voice.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) The Free Press.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of meeting does Didion cover in "Getting Serenity"?

2. How old is the man who speaks second in "Getting Serenity" who states that the city has "destroyed" (23) him?

3. What is one of the newspapers that the author lists as one of the few that do not make her feel as though "the oxygen has been cut off from [her] brain tissue" (20)?

4. What mandatory class did Didion need to take at Berkeley before she could graduate?

5. What is F. Scott Fitzgerald quoted as calling Hemingway in a letter to Maxwell Perkins in "Last Words"?

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