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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. What do Anna and her friend drink together in Chapter 1?

2. What interest does Anna track in the black notebook?

3. Who is the author of "The Golden Notebook"?

4. What does Anna begin to feel towards Michael in 'Blue Notebook'?

5. How does Anna feel about the popularity of what she writes about in the black notebook?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the second company's idea insulting to Anna?

2. What happens when a magazine requests pages from Anna's journal?

3. Describe the fear that Anna expresses to Mrs. Marks in 'Blue Notebook'.

4. Why does Ella feel completely alone in the last 'Yellow Notebook'?

5. Describe Anna's emotions in response to the reaction of the novel "Frontiers of War".

6. How does Ella meet Paul Tanner?

7. What does Anna's dream involve before her final visit to Mrs. Marks?

8. What is Anna scared when she reads her notebooks again in 'Blue Notebook'?

9. What is Anna's conclusion about the dream she had in 'Red Notebook'?

10. What does Anna think the danger of Janet walking in on her and Michael represents, and how does it make her feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the meaning of Anna's reporting on the whole of her day. How does she feel conflicted in the roles she must play? In what ways does the stress and busyness of her day affect Anna?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Ella's insight about free women towards the end of the novel. What does she realize about being a free woman in the world of married men? Why do you think she finally had this powerful thought? How will it change her actions? Should she have realized this earlier in her life?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Anna and Ella. How are they alike? How are they different?

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