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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. In "Alicia and the Underground Press," what does Didion feel the claim to have no bias in reporting leads to in writing?
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Clarity.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Dishonesty.

2. In "Telling Stories," what publication does Didion work for right after college?
(a) The Washington post.
(b) Ms.
(c) Vogue.
(d) The New Yorker.

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)?
(a) The Wall Street Journal.
(b) The San Francisco Chronicle.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The EastSide Reporter.

4. Why is the first speaker in "Getting Serenity" unable to sleep when she returned home after 5 a.m.?
(a) It was too light out.
(b) She had to go to work.
(c) She was replaying her game in her head.
(d) Her kids needed breakfast.

5. Where is the film The Border being shot at the start of "Long Distance Runner"?
(a) El Paso.
(b) Hollywood.
(c) Colorado Springs.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hemingway to do try to help his struggle in working on his Africa novel?

2. What Hemingway work was published 100 years after his birth in 1999?

3. In "Telling Stories," what does Didion say many publications gave as a reason for not publishing "When Did Music Come This Way"?

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

5. From where does Didion receive a rejection letter in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

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