Drinking: A Love Story Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Caroline Knapp
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Drinking: A Love Story Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Caroline Knapp
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Knapp when she fell in love with David?

2. How does Knapp feel for her first year living alone?

3. Why would Knapp find it hard to have dinner with her boyfriend's parents?

4. How did her friendship with Elaine make Knapp feel about herself?

5. What drink was Knapp especially fond of when she was living on her own?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Knapp say runs through her mind when she wakes up next to a stranger?

2. Describe the event that got Knapp to quit drinking.

3. What is Knapp's mantra?

4. What does Knapp realize during the last six months of her drinking?

5. What would Knapp do when she met her friend Sam for drinks?

6. How does Knapp strategize to hide her drinking at the end?

7. What would happen when Knapp would wake at night when she was drinking?

8. Describe Knapp's relationship with Roger.

9. What does Knapp do after David moves to Chicago?

10. How would Knapp feel whenever her glass was filled?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The book concludes with a moment of truth in which Knapp realizes that she can't keep drinking. What leads her to this realization? Was it a real revelation, or was it something that she was led to over time?

Essay Topic 2

Knapp's memoir is a love story, but Knapp falls in love with a number of different men throughout the book. How does her relationship with alcohol parallel her relationships with men? Is she ever untrue to the bottle? Is she ever as desperate for a man as she is for the bottle? How do her relationships with men change as her relationship with alcohol changes?

Essay Topic 3

What are Knapp's true internal feelings? When do we see them? When they explode? In what behavior? When does she let real her feelings show?

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