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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the title of this essay?
(a) 7000 Romaine, Los Angeles 38
(b) Once Bitten Never Seen
(c) Comrade Hughes
(d) The Kissing Never Stops

5. What does Didion witness a group of young people doing?
(a) Singing protest songs
(b) Having an orgy
(c) Taking mushrooms
(d) Taking acid

Short Answer Questions

1. What film is Wayne working on in this essay?

2. What does the sixteen-year-old girl state about her own Las Vegas wedding?

3. Where does Didion spend time with Michael?

4. What happened to the car when it crashed?

5. Where does Max have to go in a few days?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Didion give for self-respect being so important?

2. Why does Didion think she wrote about the woman in a dirty wrapper?

3. What is Didion's view on the center?

4. Who is Michael Laski?

5. How did John Wayne react to the problems on set?

6. Why does Didion keep notes?

7. What inconsistencies did the police find with Lucille's story?

8. What is Didion's opinion of John Wayne?

9. Into what does Michael give Didion an insight?

10. What makes Michael a difficult interviewee?

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