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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Personals: On Morality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Didion think Las Vegas weddings make a mockery of __________________________.
(a) Hard working people
(b) Marriage as an institution
(c) Teenagers
(d) Religion

2. Who happened upon the accident?
(a) A taxi driver
(b) A nurse
(c) A murderer
(d) A doctor

3. Why does Didion think she wrote the note about the woman?
(a) To remember the day
(b) To remember the woman
(c) To remember the way she felt
(d) To write a story

4. Whose notebook writing does Didion talk about?
(a) Hubert Selby Jr.'s
(b) Her own
(c) Her father's
(d) Henry Miller's

5. What do many people still take care doing even for a Las Vegas wedding?
(a) Prenuptial agreements
(b) Wedding plans
(c) Honeymoon
(d) Keeping their virginity

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the second part of the book?

2. How does Didion describe Baez?

3. Where are the cheap weddings advertised?

4. What did Hughes' generation expect men to keep?

5. What does this inccident define to Didion?

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