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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Didion witness a group of young people doing?

2. Baez carves her career as ______________.

3. Who was the only one on set who it is said did not make his/her opinions known?

4. Didion think Las Vegas weddings make a mockery of __________________________.

5. What did Lucille use to try and free her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Didion's notes help her to realize?

2. Why does Didion think it is important to work at self-respect?

3. What is Didion interested in learning about Michael?

4. Why does Didion think she wrote about the woman in a dirty wrapper?

5. Into what does Michael give Didion an insight?

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

7. How does Max live his life as a hippie?

8. How does Didion describe Las Vegas weddings?

9. What makes Michael a difficult interviewee?

10. Why is Didion unsuccessful in speaking to the Malakoff Diggers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define self-respect and examine why it is important and how it can be achieved.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the book as a whole.

1) What is the central argument of the book?

2) How are the essays arranged to construct this argument?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the famous people Didion portrays in the book and examine his/her life. How does Didion represent him or her in the essay? Is this an accurate representation of this person?

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