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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. Who is this essay about?
(a) Humphrey Bogart
(b) Martin Scorcese
(c) Franklin Roosevelt
(d) Howard Hughes

2. What has Didion been told to expect?
(a) Incredible architecture and eclectic homes
(b) The finest restaurants in the country
(c) State-of-the-art technology
(d) Excesses of wealth

3. What does Didion compare Michael to when he talks to his workers?
(a) A tyrant
(b) An army sergeant
(c) A dictator
(d) A manic depressive

4. What is Didion curious to see at the Pearl Harbor memorial?
(a) How people react to death
(b) Soldier's ages
(c) How Hawaii makes money from the memorial
(d) How the authorities perserve the memorial

5. What is the title of this essay?
(a) False Vows
(b) Madness
(c) Marrying a Gorilla
(d) Marrying Absurd

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Max have to go in a few days?

2. What do many people still take care doing even for a Las Vegas wedding?

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

4. What does Didion dismiss the center as?

5. What reason do the two runaways give for leaving home?

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