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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 "A Trip to Xanadu," who does Didion say she took to tour San Simeon after it became a state monument?
(a) Her niece.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her daughter.

2. 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"?
(a) C+.
(b) B.
(c) A.
(d) B-.

3. Didion disagrees with the suggestion that Martha Stewart is trying to return to a time of what?
(a) Free love.
(b) The feminist movement.
(c) The roaring '20s.
(d) The 1950s homemaker.

4. In what city in California does the meeting in "Getting Serenity" take place?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Gardena.
(d) Hollywood.

5. In "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice," what does Joan say her father did when she told him of her rejection letter?
(a) He told her he knew she would not get in.
(b) He told her she will never amount to anything now.
(c) He shrugged his shoulders and offered her a drink.
(d) He told her she should call the school and complain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after his father's suicide did Hemingway submit the completed manuscript of A Farewell to Arms?

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

3. What type of meeting does Didion cover in "Getting Serenity"?

4. What did Mary Hemingway allow Carlos Baker to do in his book published after Hemingway's death?

5. What is the name of the castle Didion discusses at the start of "A Trip to Xanadu"?

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