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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. What year was Walter Davis from "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles" stationed in Holland?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1944.

2. In "Long Distance Runner," where is Richardson filiming in 1989?
(a) Spain.
(b) America.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) France.

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) Shooting herself.
(c) Slitting her wrists.
(d) Running away.

4. Who built the castle Didion discusses in "A Trip to Xanadu"?
(a) William Randolph Hearst.
(b) Henry Ford.
(c) William Butler Yeats.
(d) Orson Welles.

5. What type of flower does the TV newsman suggest Nancy pick in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) Roses.
(b) Daffodils.
(c) Tulips.
(d) Rhododendrons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is English 106A, the course Didion discusses in "Telling Stories"?

2. Which of Martha Stewarts cars does he have a chauffeur?

3. Though Didion agrees that writing in underground newspapers is often "amateurish and badly written," she disagrees with what sentiment?

4. In "Pretty Nancy," where does Joan say Nancy went to college?

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?

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