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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. Which of the following words does Didion use to describe self respect?
(a) Essential
(b) Win
(c) Discipline
(d) Sacred

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

3. Why is Didion unable to record people's reactions?
(a) She loses her pen
(b) She is overcome with grief
(c) She loses her notebook
(d) She falls ill

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

5. What is the title of this essay?
(a) Once Bitten Never Seen
(b) The Kissing Never Stops
(c) 7000 Romaine, Los Angeles 38
(d) Comrade Hughes

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What job did Didion's great-great-grandfather do in Hawaii?

3. What does Didion think she lost when she was not elected Phi Beta Kappa?

4. What does a person without self respect use his/her failings to do?

5. What does Didion say comes with self respect?

(see the answer key)

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