View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hughes said to have called his business associates?

2. What was the woman wearing in the note Didion remembers in this essay?

3. Where is the bookstore?

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

5. What is the woman's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Didion interested in learning about Michael?

2. Why does Didion keep notes?

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

4. Why was Cork Miller unhappy?

5. How does Baez act in court?

6. What inconsistencies did the police find with Lucille's story?

7. What reason does Didion give for self-respect being so important?

8. How has Las Vegas turned marriage into a big business?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare one of Didion's early essays to one of her later essays. How do her ideas about life change? How has her writing style changed?

Essay Topic 2

What influence did the hippie movement have on the following areas:

1) Politics

2) Literature and art

3) Family

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following subjects to base a 500-word essay:

1) The hippie cultural influence on Sixties and Seventies America.

2) The true definition of moral behavior.

3) The importance of an extended family.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 656 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample