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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ability does Didion think she lost when she lost her innocence?
(a) To write poetry
(b) To do what she pleased
(c) To deceive herself
(d) To fall in love

2. Who does Didion overhear talking about Las Vegas weddings?
(a) A five-year-old girl
(b) A sixteen-year-old girl
(c) A priest
(d) A lawyer

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

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

5. What was Didion warned the the talk at the center would be?
(a) Angry
(b) High powered
(c) Low brow
(d) Boring

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Didion travel to in this essay?

2. What were the people invited to the center given?

3. Who of the following is most likely to attend a Las Vegas wedding?

4. What does Didion dismiss the center as?

5. What do many people still take care doing even for a Las Vegas wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Didion give for the center's existence?

2. Why did Didion find the essay on the Center of Study of Democratic Institutions so difficult?

3. What is Didion's view on the center?

4. What makes Michael a difficult interviewee?

5. What is Didion interested in learning about Michael?

6. Why did Didion choose to write the Howard Hughes essay?

7. Why did Didion choose Howard Hughes as her subject?

8. How does Didion describe Las Vegas weddings?

9. What does Didion think of Baez when she interviews her?

10. What conclusion does Didion come to in the Howard Hughes essay?

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