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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What county board does Baez stand before in this essay?
(a) Jacksonville
(b) Monterey
(c) Jefferson
(d) Orange County
2. What was the name of John Wayne's wife?
(a) Fornetta
(b) Lauren
(c) Pilar
(d) Anita
3. What happened to the car when it crashed?
(a) It exploded
(b) It caught fire
(c) It sank into the lake
(d) It lay with one half over a cliff edge
4. What does Didion begin to wonder?
(a) How Hughes ever became famous
(b) Why Hughes is a recluse
(c) Why people are curious about Hughes
(d) Why Hughes has boarded his windows
5. Where are the cheap weddings advertised?
(a) Casinos
(b) Chapels
(c) The airport
(d) Movie theaters
6. What does a person without self respect use his/her failings to do?
(a) Put others down
(b) Excuse his/her failure
(c) Become nothing
(d) Hide his/her shame
7. Where was the woman with the dirty wrapper sitting?
(a) In a restaurant
(b) Next to a water fountain
(c) On a park bench
(d) In a hotel bar
8. What does Didion say she sees John Wayne as at the end of this essay?
(a) A monster
(b) A prophet
(c) A human
(d) A god
9. What is the name of this essay?
(a) On Morals
(b) On Self Respect
(c) Self Reliance
(d) Lacking Respect
10. What did Lucille and Cork go to the shop to buy?
(a) Milk
(b) Raisons
(c) Chocolate
(d) Medicine
11. Didion think Las Vegas weddings make a mockery of __________________________.
(a) Marriage as an institution
(b) Teenagers
(c) Hard working people
(d) Religion
12. Which movie star does Joan talk about in this chapter?
(a) John Wayne
(b) Cary Grant
(c) John Ford
(d) Humphrey Bogart
13. Who of the following did not star in The Sons of Katie Elder?
(a) Peter Fonda
(b) Dennis Hopper
(c) John Wayne
(d) Dean Martin
14. What does a person with self respect use their failings to do?
(a) Market his/her image
(b) Help others
(c) Succeed
(d) Put people down
15. What was Didion raised to believe about other people?
(a) They are inherently bad
(b) They are more interesting than she
(c) They are inherently good
(d) They cannot be trusted
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the street Hughes lives on?
2. Who does Didion watch Michael debrief?
3. What was Hughes' job in the film industry?
4. With what illness was Wayne diagnosed?
5. What ability does Didion think she lost when she lost her innocence?
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