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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Seven Places of the Mind: Letter from Paradise, 21' 19' N., 157' 52' W..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Didion say she began to see herself?
(a) As an adult
(b) The way others did
(c) As still a child
(d) As a product of her parents

2. Where is the first memorial Didion visits in Hawaii?
(a) Pearl Harbor
(b) The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
(c) Alcatraz
(d) Washington

3. What does Didion begin to wonder?
(a) Why people are curious about Hughes
(b) How Hughes ever became famous
(c) Why Hughes has boarded his windows
(d) Why Hughes is a recluse

4. Why is Didion unable to record people's reactions?
(a) She loses her notebook
(b) She falls ill
(c) She loses her pen
(d) She is overcome with grief

5. What is the name of this essay?
(a) Lacking Respect
(b) On Self Respect
(c) Self Reliance
(d) On Morals

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Didion say comes with self respect?

2. What is Howard Hughes said to be buying up?

3. Didion believe her loss of innocence was the beginning of ____________.

4. Why could Didion not become Phi Beta Kappa?

5. What was Hughes' job in the film industry?

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