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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Seven Places of the Mind: The Seacoast of Despair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Didion visit in this essay?
(a) London
(b) Hawaii
(c) Alcatraz
(d) New York

2. What does the sixteen-year-old girl state about her own Las Vegas wedding?
(a) It was quick and easy
(b) It was holy and beautiful
(c) It was tacky and humiliating
(d) It was everything she could have imagined

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

4. What happened when the gold was discovered?
(a) Fights and murders
(b) A fort was built around the town
(c) Mass immigration to the area
(d) A town was constructed

5. In what state does this essay take place?
(a) California
(b) Colorado
(c) New York
(d) Texas

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hughes said to have called his business associates?

2. Who of the following did not star in The Sons of Katie Elder?

3. Why does Didion say she writes notes?

4. What was Didion raised to believe about other people?

5. With what illness was Wayne diagnosed?

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