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1. What does Didion say underground papers are able to do that conventional papers cannot in "Alicia and the Underground Press"?

In "Alicia and the Underground Press," Didion says that underground papers are able to "get through" (20) to readers in a way writers of conventional papers cannot.

2. What does Didion say about objectivity in "Alicia and the Underground Press"?

Didion says that objectivity cannot be "achieved if the reader does not understand the writer's particular bias" (20).

3. Why does Didion say that the so-called underground papers she discusses in "Alicia" are not really underground?

Didion says that the so-called underground papers she discusses in "Alicia" are not really underground because they have a wide readership.

4. What does Didion says about the way Alicia writers her opinion piece about Ann Arbor in "Alicia"?

Didion says that Alicia may lack expertise about anything "outside of Ann Arbor...but she tells [the reader] all she knows about that" (22).

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