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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. One meeting attendee in "Getting Serenity" says his idea is getting what?
2. What grade does Joan get on the essay she wrote for her friend in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
3. Among what other items does Joan's rejection letter sit in a drawer at her mother's house in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
4. From where could people see the castle Didion discusses in "A Trip to Xanadu"?
5. What type of meeting does Didion cover in "Getting Serenity"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Nancy Reagan's interaction with her son at the end of "Pretty Nancy"?
2. Where does Didion say she felt she needed to be in the days following the Gambler's Anonymous meeting in "Getting Serenity"?
3. How does Didion describe the tone of the tour guides in "A Trip to Xanadu"?
4. In what way does the newsman in "Pretty Nancy" try to manipulate the moment to achieve his desired outcome?
5. Who is Skip Skivington and what does he tell Joan about his son in "Fathers, Sons, and Screaming Eagles"?
6. In "A Trip to Xanadu," what is the castle people could see from Highway 1 and who built it?
7. What does Joan say about the "great adventure" the men who fought in the 1940s compared to their sons "great adventure" (40) in Vietnam?
8. What does Walter Davis say about his perspective on the war at the end of "Fathers, Sons, and Screaming Eagles"?
9. What example does Joan use to express how much more difficult things have gotten regarding parents trying to ensure their children get into their college of choice?
10. What does Didion say underground papers are able to do that conventional papers cannot in "Alicia and the Underground Press"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance of San Simeon in "A Trip To Xanadu." What did it mean to Joan as a child? How did it impact her life? What did it mean to others? What was it like for her and her niece to see it in person?
Essay Topic 2
Write a detailed analysis of Didion's views of the people in "Last Words" who published Hemingway's works after his death, and Oppenheimer from "Everywoman.com" who wrote a biography of Martha Stewart.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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