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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Seven Places of the Mind: The Seacoast of Despair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does this inccident define to Didion?
(a) Human instinct
(b) Humanity
(c) Courage
(d) Morality

2. What is the name of the street Hughes lives on?
(a) Romaine
(b) Kola
(c) Horace
(d) Hitchcook

3. With what does Didion say Sacramento Valley's history started?
(a) The discovery of diamonds
(b) The discovery of gold
(c) The discovery of dinosaur bones
(d) The death of President Washington

4. What was Hughes said to have called his business associates?
(a) Adversaries
(b) Nobodies
(c) His buddies
(d) His brothers

5. What was the whole area when Didion grew up there?
(a) Desert
(b) A series of skyscrapers
(c) Wasteland
(d) Farmland

Short Answer Questions

1. With what illness was Wayne diagnosed?

2. Why is Didion unable to record people's reactions?

3. Who does Didion have to speak to before she can interview Baez?

4. Where are the cheap weddings advertised?

5. What type of building is the center?

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