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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. In what state is the center located?

2. Who of the following did not star in The Sons of Katie Elder?

3. What did Lucille douse her husband with before the crash?

4. What is the title of this essay?

5. In what city does Hughes live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did not being elected to Phi Beta Kappa in college affect Didion?

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

3. What were Didion's feelings when she met John Wayne for the first time?

4. Describe Lucille Miller's life at the beginning of Part 1.

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

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

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

8. How does Baez act in court?

9. What conclusion does Didion come to about her habit of writing notes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine how Hollywood had changed in the Sixties compared to Hollywood in the Thirties and the Forties in terms of the following:

1) Film stories, style and themes

2) The general running of the industry.

Essay Topic 2

Write a critical essay about one of the following statements:

1) John Wayne was a force of nature, a man who could beat cancer and return to his life as if nothing had happened.

2) The free-thinking, 1960s California created an environment where a person like Joan Baez could thrive.

3) Michael Laski is a young man with warped ideals who hides in a group of radicals rather than take a chance to be who he is.

Essay Topic 3

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

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