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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 tennis player's behavior did Richardson say was "glorious" accordion to Didion in "Long Distance Runner"?
(a) Arthur Ashe.
(b) John McEnroe.
(c) Andre Agassi.
(d) Serena Williams.

2. In "Some Women," Didion says that Mapplethorpe's photograph always exhibit a tension between what?
(a) Masculine and feminine.
(b) Light and dark.
(c) Good and bad.
(d) Right and wrong.

3. What does the first speaker in "Getting Serenity" do before going out to the club?
(a) Drink 1/5 of vodka.
(b) Put her children to bed.
(c) Buy drugs.
(d) Shoot up.

4. What is one of the words Didion uses to describe the way the Hearsts spend their money in "A Trip to Xanadu"?
(a) Responsibility.
(b) Conservatively.
(c) Flamboyance.
(d) Frivolously.

5. Where is Martha Stewart from?
(a) Hackensack, New Jersey.
(b) Nutley, New Jersey.
(c) Flushing, New York.
(d) Westport, California.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Telling Stories," what publication finally accepted Didion's story "When Did Music Come This Way"?

2. "Everywoman.com" says that Oppenheimer wrote that Stewart had to ask about what holiday on Larry King Live?

3. In "Why I Write," Didion refers to writing as "the tactic of a secret" what?

4. How many people does Didion write in "A Trip to Xanadu" visited San Simeon annually?

5. For what publication was Hemingway working when he would sometimes rewrite submissions for practice?

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