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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. Who found Hemingway after he had shot himself in 1961?
(a) His brother.
(b) His agent.
(c) His wife.
(d) His son.

2. Didion disagrees with the suggestion that Martha Stewart is trying to return to a time of what?
(a) The feminist movement.
(b) Free love.
(c) The roaring '20s.
(d) The 1950s homemaker.

3. What year does "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice" first mention?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1952.

4. In what city in California does the meeting in "Getting Serenity" take place?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Hollywood.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Gardena.

5. In "Alicia and the Underground Press," what does Didion feel a reader can be sure of when the writer allows their bias to exist?
(a) You can be sure the writer's goal is to change your mind.
(b) You can be sure the writer is unprofessional.
(c) You can be sure the writer will tell you what s/he truly thinks.
(d) You can be sure the writer will be dishonest.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Pretty Nancy," Didion describes Nancy has having a smile of someone who did what?

2. In what branch of the army was the second speaker in "Getting Serenity"?

3. According to Didion in "A Trip to Xanadu," in what year did San Simeon become a state monument?

4. Where does Skip tell Joan he was stationed while in the 101st Airborne in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?

5. In "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice," what does Joan say her father did when she told him of her rejection letter?

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