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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Alicia and the Underground Press," "Getting Serenity," "A Trip to Xanadu" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many nights does one of the speakers say he has been free from his addiction in "Getting Serenity"?
(a) 13.
(b) 365.
(c) 1,223.
(d) 87.

2. How many people does Didion write in "A Trip to Xanadu" visited San Simeon annually?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 185,000.
(c) 4 million.
(d) 1 million.

3. What does one of the speakers in "Getting Serenity" say used to happen to him each time he passed Gardena?
(a) He would break out in a cold sweat.
(b) He would vomit.
(c) He would go to a bar.
(d) He would buy drugs.

4. What is the name of the castle Didion discusses at the start of "A Trip to Xanadu"?
(a) Saint Simone.
(b) Castillo del Sol.
(c) San Simeon.
(d) The Sacramento.

5. One of the meeting attendees, Frank L., has been going to meetings for six years and on the night Joan attended had not placed a bet in how long?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 1 year.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Trip to Xanadu," who does Didion say she took to tour San Simeon after it became a state monument?

2. In "Alicia and the Underground Press," what does Didion feel the claim to have no bias in reporting leads to in writing?

3. What is one of the words Didion uses to describe the way the Hearsts spend their money in "A Trip to Xanadu"?

4. Rather than being adversaries, Didion says that writers for mainstream newspapers are now what?

5. How old is the man who speaks second in "Getting Serenity" who states that the city has "destroyed" (23) him?

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