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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. Though Didion agrees that writing in underground newspapers is often "amateurish and badly written," she disagrees with what sentiment?
(a) That they are boring.
(b) That they are unnecessary.
(c) That they are interesting.
(d) That they are biased.

2. In "Telling Stories," what does Didion say she did in English 106A to make herself invisible in class?
(a) Wore a black sweatsuit.
(b) Wore a dirty raincoat.
(c) Wore sunglasses.
(d) Wore a hat.

3. Who is the author of Let Me Tell You What I Mean?
(a) Joan Didion.
(b) Alicia Didion.
(c) Martha Stewart.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

4. What is something Didion felt her classmates in English 106A had that she did not in "Telling Stories"?
(a) Humor.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Experience.
(d) Friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Nancy's daughter Patti in "Pretty Nancy"?

2. Who found Hemingway after he had shot himself in 1961?

3. How old is Nancy's son in "Pretty Nancy"?

4. In "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice," Joan dates a man who aspires to be what?

5. What did Tony Richardson begin doing years before his death for "something to do" between film shoots?

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