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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 kind of people meet at the center?
(a) Civil Right protesters
(b) Hippies
(c) High powered people
(d) Writers

2. In which city is the Communist Party's headquarters?
(a) Chicago
(b) Los Angeles
(c) San Francisco
(d) New York

3. What does a person with self respect use their failings to do?
(a) Succeed
(b) Help others
(c) Put people down
(d) Market his/her image

4. What was the caretaker's job in the prison?
(a) A guard
(b) Warden
(c) Caretaker
(d) A cook

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the workers been sent to sell?

2. What does this inccident define to Didion?

3. What does Didion witness a group of young people doing?

4. What does Didion say she hears almost daily?

5. What is the title of this essay?

(see the answer key)

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