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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Last Words" Part II, "Everywoman.com" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Nancy say her husband never did even for the movies?
(a) Wore makeup.
(b) Wore new clothes.
(c) Smiled.
(d) Combed his hair.

3. In "Telling Stories," what short story does Didion discuss as an example of her lack of control in writing?
(a) "Coming Home."
(b) "Home Sweet Home."
(c) "Telling Stories."
(d) "Leaving Home."

4. What is the name of the castle Didion discusses at the start of "A Trip to Xanadu"?
(a) The Sacramento.
(b) Castillo del Sol.
(c) San Simeon.
(d) Saint Simone.

5. In "Last Words," what writer does Didion say she could see Hemingway's influence on while teaching at Berkeley?
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) George Orwell.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though Didion agrees that writing in underground newspapers is often "amateurish and badly written," she disagrees with what sentiment?

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

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

4. One of the meeting attendees, Frank L., has been going to meetings for six years and on the night Joan attended had not placed a bet in how long?

5. What word does Joan use to describe the way things were back when she received her rejection letter compared to when she wrote 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"?

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