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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Didion think a notebook is not for?
(a) To read at weddings
(b) To share
(c) To keep a factual record
(d) To write novels

2. What happened to the car when it crashed?
(a) It lay with one half over a cliff edge
(b) It caught fire
(c) It sank into the lake
(d) It exploded

3. What does Didion want to learn about?
(a) Communist literature
(b) The Soviet Union
(c) The communist party
(d) Michael

4. In which country was the film shot?
(a) Canada
(b) Mexico
(c) Czechoslovakia
(d) England

5. What is the name of the building where Didion spends time?
(a) Evolution
(b) Rainbow Palace
(c) The Warehouse
(d) People's Place

6. What kind of world will a person live in without self respect?
(a) A world of anger and pain
(b) A world where one only hears the screams of the evil dead
(c) A world where only their failings matter
(d) A world without love

7. What did Wayne promise to build his woman?
(a) A white picket fence
(b) A rocking chair
(c) A brick wall
(d) An outhouse

8. What was Hughes' job in the film industry?
(a) Stunt man
(b) Script writer
(c) Producer
(d) Director

9. What does Didion say she hears almost daily?
(a) Arguments from Hughes' house
(b) Music from Hughes house
(c) A rumor about Hughes
(d) Hughes' name

10. What did Lucille douse her husband with before the crash?
(a) Lighter fluid
(b) Water
(c) Gas
(d) Whiskey

11. Why was Didion initially shocked that Wayne could develop cancer?
(a) He was not a real person
(b) He was too young
(c) He was a film star
(d) He was too strong

12. What did Cork originally want to do when he moved to San Bernardino?
(a) Go to art school
(b) Go to medical school
(c) Open a record shop
(d) Become a writer

13. Why does Michael refuse to give details about his planned revolution?
(a) He is afraid of being assassinated
(b) He is afraid of compromising strategies
(c) He is afraid the Soviets will steal his ideas
(d) He wants to sell his ideas

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

15. Who was the only one on set who it is said did not make his/her opinions known?
(a) John Wayne
(b) Mae West
(c) Dean Martin
(d) John Ford

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cork suffer from on the night of October 7, 1964?

2. What is the title of this essay?

3. What is the only thing Michael talks about?

4. Where did Ira Sandperl work?

5. What do Baez's neighbors believe the school has done?

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