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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. Baez known as the voice of _____________________.
(a) America's youth
(b) Native Americans
(c) The protest movement
(d) African Americans

2. Didion is more impressed with Baez's __________ than with Baez as a person.
(a) voice
(b) speeches
(c) music
(d) writings

3. Who does Didion have to speak to before she can interview Baez?
(a) Baez's agent
(b) Baez's secretary
(c) Baez's donkey
(d) Baez's adopted children

4. What does Max feel he has removed frrm his life?
(a) Obsession
(b) Attachment
(c) Family
(d) Don'ts

5. Who does Didion overhear talking about Las Vegas weddings?
(a) A sixteen-year-old girl
(b) A priest
(c) A five-year-old girl
(d) A lawyer

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does Hughes live?

2. Who does not like going to see Didion's family?

3. What is the title of the second part of the book?

4. Who remained with the young's man's body?

5. What does Didion begin to wonder?

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