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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lucille use to try and free her husband?
(a) A stick
(b) A metal rod
(c) A spade
(d) A plank of wood

2. Why could Didion not become Phi Beta Kappa?
(a) She was too young
(b) She had a criminal record
(c) Her father was a communist
(d) Her grades were not good enough

3. What is Howard Hughes said to be buying up?
(a) The New York Times
(b) Las Vegas
(c) Hollywood
(d) The KGB

4. Who does Wayne have dinner with at the end of the chapter?
(a) John Ford
(b) Sammy Davis Jr
(c) Joan Didion
(d) Dean Martin

5. What is the title of this essay?
(a) My Little Scribbles
(b) A Writer's Notes
(c) A Willing Writer
(d) On Keeping a Notebook

Short Answer Questions

1. What is this essay about?

2. Where was the gold discovered?

3. What does Didion ask the reader in this essay?

4. In what state is San Bernardino located?

5. What does a person without self respect use his/her failings to do?

(see the answer key)

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