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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 do Baez's neighbors believe the school has done?

2. What is the title of this essay?

3. What does Didion compare Michael to when he talks to his workers?

4. Didion believe her loss of innocence was the beginning of ____________.

5. What is Didion's opinion of Las Vegas weddings?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Into what does Michael give Didion an insight?

3. What is the Center of Study of Democratic Institutions?

4. Why is Joan Baez standing before the Monterey County Board of Supervisors?

5. How do people treat their marriages in Las Vegas?

6. What do you think is the overall message of this chapter?

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

8. Why did Joan Baez become a performer?

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

10. How does Baez act in court?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How had America changed since the Fifties to allow for a communist radical such as Michael Laski?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the books chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does Didion express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the essays' meanings would change if they were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the book. Why do you think these themes are so important to Didion? How does Didion express the main themes of the book through each essay?

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