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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Last Words" Part II, "Everywoman.com" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Some Women," what does Robert Mapplethorpe say is present in the way he arranges things for his photo shoots?
(a) His controlling parents.
(b) His laid back attitude.
(c) His catholic upbringing.
(d) His obsessive nature.

2. In "Telling Stories," what publication finally accepted Didion's story "When Did Music Come This Way"?
(a) Esquire.
(b) Harper's.
(c) Denver Quarterly.
(d) The New Yorker.

3. What does Didion say she considered doing after receiving her rejection letter in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) Overdosing on pills.
(b) Running away.
(c) Shooting herself.
(d) Slitting her wrists.

4. Rather than being adversaries, Didion says that writers for mainstream newspapers are now what?
(a) Bribed.
(b) Blacklisted.
(c) Ignored.
(d) Confidants.

5. In "Why I Write," Didion says she writes to understand what sorts of things?
(a) Her fears and desires.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Other people's emotions.
(d) The universe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Telling Stories," what novel does Didion say developed from her notes that began about a man and woman in New York?

2. What type of company came out with the "Ernest Hemingway Collection" accordion to Didion in "Last Words"?

3. One meeting attendee in "Getting Serenity" says his idea is getting what?

4. Where is Skip's son stationed in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?

5. In "Telling Stories," what does Didion say the writer of a short story needs to have that the writer of a novel does not?

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