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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Seven Places of the Mind: Letter from Paradise, 21' 19' N., 157' 52' W..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Didion say she hears almost daily?
(a) Music from Hughes house
(b) Arguments from Hughes' house
(c) A rumor about Hughes
(d) Hughes' name

2. Who is this essay about?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt
(b) Humphrey Bogart
(c) Martin Scorcese
(d) Howard Hughes

3. What does Didion think she lost when she was not elected Phi Beta Kappa?
(a) Her love of life
(b) Her self respect
(c) Her morals
(d) Her innocence

4. What is the name of this essay?
(a) Lacking Respect
(b) On Self Respect
(c) Self Reliance
(d) On Morals

5. What does a person without self respect use his/her failings to do?
(a) Become nothing
(b) Put others down
(c) Hide his/her shame
(d) Excuse his/her failure

Short Answer Questions

1. What ability does Didion think she lost when she lost her innocence?

2. Why could Didion not become Phi Beta Kappa?

3. What is the name of the street Hughes lives on?

4. Which member of Didion's family went to Hawaii during the war?

5. Didion believe her loss of innocence was the beginning of ____________.

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