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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Life Styles in the Golden Land: California Dreaming,.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What have the workers been sent to sell?
(a) A magazine
(b) T-shirts
(c) Pamphlets
(d) Communist stickers

3. What were occasionally written and published at the center?
(a) Busines statistics
(b) Essays
(c) Speeches
(d) Books

4. Which movie star does Joan talk about in this chapter?
(a) Humphrey Bogart
(b) John Wayne
(c) John Ford
(d) Cary Grant

5. Why does Michael refuse to give details about his planned revolution?
(a) He is afraid of compromising strategies
(b) He is afraid of being assassinated
(c) He is afraid the Soviets will steal his ideas
(d) He wants to sell his ideas

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of which musician is this essay a portrait?

3. In what city does Hughes live?

4. Who does Didion have to speak to before she can interview Baez?

5. What does Didion compare Michael to when he talks to his workers?

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