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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. Who is signed as the Director of Admissions on the rejection letter Joan Didion discusses in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) Redford K. Barboza.
(b) Rex P. Smith.
(c) Robert J. Snider.
(d) Rixford K. Snyder.

2. Who does Didion say is the only woman Mapplethorpe photographed who came across as being "entirely in charge of herself" (62)?
(a) Patti Smith.
(b) Yoko Ono.
(c) Joan Didion.
(d) Grace Jones.

3. Why does Walter Davis feel his perspective on war has changed in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?
(a) He has a son who may go to war in four years.
(b) He suffered with PTSD.
(c) He no longer believes in war.
(d) He lost so many friends in a senseless war.

4. What does Skip keep in his pocket in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?
(a) A newsclipping about his son.
(b) A picture of himself during the war.
(c) A photo of his father from when he fought in World War I.
(d) A medal from when he was in the war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Trip to Xanadu," what is the name of the pool at San Simeon?

2. Who is the star of the Tony Richardson film Didion cites at the start of "Long Distance Runner"?

3. In "Last Words," who is Hemingway said to have written telling him to give up the idea of writing a book on him because he did not wish to cooperate?

4. What are the underground newspapers Didion describes in "Alicia and the Underground Press" able to do that mainstream papers are not?

5. What does Didion say she associates that word serenity with in "Getting Serenity"?

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