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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 is the title of the second part of the book?
(a) Willing Life
(b) A Distant Darkness
(c) Life
(d) Personals

2. What film is Wayne working on in this essay?
(a) The Sons of Katie Elder
(b) Unforgiven
(c) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
(d) The Last Stuntman

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

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

5. Who of the following is most likely to attend a Las Vegas wedding?
(a) The father of the bride
(b) A bridesmaid
(c) A page boy
(d) Best man

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing Michael talks about?

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

3. Where does Didion visit in this essay?

4. What ability does Didion think she lost when she lost her innocence?

5. What happened when the gold was discovered?

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