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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Didion describe Baez?
(a) A testosterone-fuelled woman
(b) Strange
(c) As a lady
(d) Naive

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

3. What happens when Didion looks back at the notes she has written?
(a) She can't remember what they refer to
(b) She becomes nostalgic and cries
(c) She cannot stop reading them
(d) She feels creative and starts to write

4. What is the only thing Michael talks about?
(a) Neo Stalinism
(b) Capitalism
(c) Revolution
(d) Bad habits

5. In what state does this essay take place?
(a) New York
(b) Texas
(c) Colorado
(d) California

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Didion think about as she explores the island?

2. What does Didion begin to wonder?

3. What was the one thing Baez liked about her job?

4. Of which musician is this essay a portrait?

5. What is the title of this essay?

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