View a FREE sample

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 "Pretty Nancy," Didion describes Nancy has having a smile of someone who did what?
(a) Said something funny.
(b) Grew up poor.
(c) Grew up in comfort.
(d) Married a politician.

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

3. What is written on Frank L.'s cake in "Getting Serenity"?
(a) Nice Job, Frank!
(b) Happy Birthday.
(c) Happy Anniversary.
(d) Miracles Still Happen.

4. How old is Nancy's son in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 17.
(d) 23.

5. What did Hemingway instruct his executors to do in a letter written a few years before his death?
(a) Leave all proceeds from publication to his family.
(b) Complete any unfinished novels for publication.
(c) Edit his letters before publication.
(d) Never to publish or agree to publish his letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Last Words," what writer does Didion say she could see Hemingway's influence on while teaching at Berkeley?

2. How does Didion describe Richardson when in the act of filming a movie?

3. In "Alicia and the Underground Press," what does Didion feel the claim to have no bias in reporting leads to in writing?

4. What is one of the words Didion uses to describe the way the Hearsts spend their money in "A Trip to Xanadu"?

5. In what city does Didion meet Nancy in her home in "Pretty Nancy"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 248 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample