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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. What does Didion say comes with self respect?
(a) Love and family
(b) Power
(c) Happiness and success
(d) Friends

2. Who of the following did not star in The Sons of Katie Elder?
(a) Peter Fonda
(b) Dean Martin
(c) Dennis Hopper
(d) John Wayne

3. With what does Didion say Sacramento Valley's history started?
(a) The death of President Washington
(b) The discovery of dinosaur bones
(c) The discovery of diamonds
(d) The discovery of gold

4. What kind of trip does Barbara say she is on?
(a) A life trip
(b) A love trip
(c) A woman's trip
(d) A people's trip

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what subject does Baez's school concentrate?

2. What do the young people do when they are on acid?

3. Whose notebook writing does Didion talk about?

4. What happened when the gold was discovered?

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

(see the answer key)

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