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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Nancy say her husband never did even for the movies?
2. Where is Alicia from "Alicia and the Underground Press" from?
3. Who is Nancy's husband in "Pretty Nancy"?
4. What year does "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice" first mention?
5. One of the meeting attendees, Frank L., has been going to meetings for six years and on the night Joan attended had not placed a bet in how long?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened to Joan on April 25, 1952 in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice" and how did she react?
2. Where is Joan Didion in her essay "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles" (38)?
3. Why does Didion say that the so-called underground papers she discusses in "Alicia" are not really underground?
4. What does Didion say underground papers are able to do that conventional papers cannot in "Alicia and the Underground Press"?
5. How does Didion describe the tone of the tour guides in "A Trip to Xanadu"?
6. What do the tour guides in "A Trip to Xandadu" say about Hearsts sons?
7. What does Walter Davis say about his perspective on the war at the end of "Fathers, Sons, and Screaming Eagles"?
8. What does Didion says about the way Alicia writers her opinion piece about Ann Arbor in "Alicia"?
9. In "A Trip to Xanadu," what is the castle people could see from Highway 1 and who built it?
10. What does Didion say about objectivity in "Alicia and the Underground Press"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choosing 3 essays from Let Me Tell You What I Mean, write a detailed analysis of tone. Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing narrator reliability in Let Me Tell You What I Mean. Consider the reliability of the one's memory and possible biases one may bring to a piece. Use examples from Let Me Tell You What I Mean in your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Based on her essays in Let Me Tell You What I Mean ,write an analysis of Joan Didion. Consider who she is as a writer, what you know of her backstory, as well as who and what she likes and dislikes. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.
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