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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 wife of Hemingway's is mentioned at the start of "Last Words"?
(a) Henrietta.
(b) Holly.
(c) Hildy.
(d) Hadley.

2. In "Pretty Nancy," what does Joan say Nancy's husband is the "definition of" (35)?
(a) Good Old Boy.
(b) Career Politician.
(c) Nice Guy.
(d) Good Husband.

3. In "Last Words," what is Hemingway said to have done to his letters after Ford Madox Ford told him to "write a letter thinking of how it would read to posterity"?
(a) He published his letters.
(b) He burned his letters.
(c) He rewrote all of his letters.
(d) He locked up all his letters.

4. What is Nancy's son's nickname in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) First Mate.
(b) Gilligan.
(c) The Skipper.
(d) Captain.

5. What is written on Frank L.'s cake in "Getting Serenity"?
(a) Happy Birthday.
(b) Miracles Still Happen.
(c) Happy Anniversary.
(d) Nice Job, Frank!

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours a night is Martha Stewart said to sleep in "Everywoman.com"?

2. In "Some Women," Didion says that Mapplethorpe's photograph always exhibit a tension between what?

3. Didion disagrees with the suggestion that Martha Stewart is trying to return to a time of what?

4. In "Why I Write," what does Didion say she "plays by ear" (44)?

5. What term does Joan point out that her relatives uses when discussing where she sent her college applications?

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