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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 was the one thing Baez liked about her job?

2. What can a couple of kids do easily in Las Vegas?

3. In what state is San Bernardino located?

4. Why could Didion not become Phi Beta Kappa?

5. What film is Wayne working on in this essay?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Howard Hughes' house

3. What does Didion remember about the first movie in which she saw John Wayne?

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

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

6. Who is Michael Laski?

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

8. Why did the two runaways leave home?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What was the Donner party? Why was what they did seen as immoral? Do you think the two situations Didion presents on the morality are comparable? Why does she draw the comparison?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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