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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 kind of world will a person live in without self respect?
(a) A world where only their failings matter
(b) A world without love
(c) A world of anger and pain
(d) A world where one only hears the screams of the evil dead

2. What does Didion begin to wonder?
(a) Why Hughes has boarded his windows
(b) How Hughes ever became famous
(c) Why people are curious about Hughes
(d) Why Hughes is a recluse

3. What ability does Didion think she lost when she lost her innocence?
(a) To deceive herself
(b) To write poetry
(c) To do what she pleased
(d) To fall in love

4. Didion believe her loss of innocence was the beginning of ____________.
(a) Self respect
(b) Depression
(c) Self confidence
(d) Rebellion

5. What is Howard Hughes said to be buying up?
(a) The KGB
(b) Hollywood
(c) The New York Times
(d) Las Vegas

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hughes' job in the film industry?

2. Why is Didion unable to record people's reactions?

3. What is the name of this essay?

4. Where is the first memorial Didion visits in Hawaii?

5. How does Didion say she began to see herself?

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