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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the mother tell her brother?
(a) My child deserves everything he gets
(b) The monster needs company
(c) I cannot get the monster out of my mind
(d) The child finally has a friend

2. What is the title of this essay?
(a) False Vows
(b) Madness
(c) Marrying Absurd
(d) Marrying a Gorilla

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

4. What does a person without self respect use his/her failings to do?
(a) Excuse his/her failure
(b) Put others down
(c) Hide his/her shame
(d) Become nothing

5. What were occasionally written and published at the center?
(a) Books
(b) Essays
(c) Speeches
(d) Busines statistics

Short Answer Questions

1. Why could Didion not become Phi Beta Kappa?

2. Who of the following did not star in The Sons of Katie Elder?

3. Who happened upon the accident?

4. What is the title of this essay?

5. What does Didion feel trapped between when she visits her family?

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