The Year of Magical Thinking

by: Joan Didion

Chapter 17 Quick Quiz

1 of 5
Didion observes that we expect to be crazy and inconsolable when dealing with grief, but not ___.

2 of 5
Didion feels that after a death, the funeral itself is ___.

3 of 5
As a child, what gave Didion comfort when she was fearful of meaninglessness?

4 of 5
With no one to talk to, Didion turns into herself, which leads her to ___.

5 of 5
Didion says that ___ is time and the denial of time.

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