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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Some Women," "The Long Distance Runner," "Last Words" Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Pretty Nancy," where does Joan say Nancy went to college?
(a) Wellesley.
(b) Stanford.
(c) Yale.
(d) Smith.

2. What did Mary Hemingway allow Carlos Baker to do in his book published after Hemingway's death?
(a) Publish his unedited manuscript.
(b) Write disparagingly of Hemingway.
(c) Rewrite his most famous novels.
(d) Publish 600 of his letters.

3. What is Nancy's son's nickname in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) First Mate.
(b) The Skipper.
(c) Captain.
(d) Gilligan.

4. What is F. Scott Fitzgerald quoted as calling Hemingway in a letter to Maxwell Perkins in "Last Words"?
(a) The real thing.
(b) A rising talent.
(c) An okay writer.
(d) A real hack.

5. Which Hemingway novel is quoted at the start of "Last Words"?
(a) A Farewell to Arms.
(b) The Sun Also Shines.
(c) A Moveable Feast.
(d) The Old Man and the Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does Didion meet Nancy in her home in "Pretty Nancy"?

2. Where is Didion working at the start of "Some Women"?

3. Where is Alicia from "Alicia and the Underground Press" from?

4. What does one meeting attendee tell Joan happens to kids upon the first time entering a gambling club?

5. At the start of "Why I Write," Didion says that "writing is the act of saying" (42) what?

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