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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did sex give Meg?
(a) Evidence of her own existence.
(b) The power of seductiveness.
(c) The illusion of intimacy.
(d) Faith in her attractiveness.

2. What was Knapp like as a child?
(a) Outspoken and irreverent.
(b) Curious and playful.
(c) Clumsy and disorganized.
(d) Painfully shy.

3. What do Knapp's readers appreciate about her column?
(a) Her wry humor.
(b) Her honesty.
(c) Her wit.
(d) Her wisdom.

4. What would Knapp do when she escaped from her apartment?
(a) Eat.
(b) Write stories.
(c) Take long runs.
(d) Drink at the bar.

5. How did Knapp almost hurt people?
(a) By hitting them with her car.
(b) By falling on them.
(c) By beating them.
(d) By cutting them.

6. What does Knapp's memoir describe?
(a) The cost of the damage she caused by drinking.
(b) The grief Knapp felt over the things she lost because of alcohol.
(c) The effect of her drinking on her relationships and emotions.
(d) The visions Knapp saw under the influence.

7. Where does Knapp see alcoholics?
(a) In certain kinds of low-paying jobs.
(b) In certain kinds of high-power positions.
(c) Everywhere in society.
(d) Only at the bars.

8. What did Alex think of alcohol when he found it?
(a) He thought it was the fountain of youth.
(b) He thought it was the path to his true self.
(c) He thought it would make him bulletproof.
(d) He thought it was divine.

9. When did Knapp sever ties with Roger?
(a) When David moved back.
(b) After David moved away.
(c) When David found out about the relationship.
(d) When another student caught them together.

10. What does Knapp say was the benefit of living by herself?
(a) Having her own washer and dryer.
(b) Not having to wash dishes.
(c) Being able to leave her messes.
(d) Not having to hide her drinking.

11. How did the people around Knapp see her?
(a) Tightly wound and controlling.
(b) Messy and disorganized.
(c) Insecure and hysterical.
(d) Organized and sophisticated.

12. How does Knapp feel for her first year living alone?
(a) Psychotic and delirious.
(b) Stable and organized.
(c) Unstable and anxious.
(d) Depressed and fragile.

13. How old was Knapp when she fell in love with David?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twenty-eight.
(d) Nineteen.

14. How does Knapp describe alcoholism?
(a) A social activity.
(b) An evasive activity.
(c) A solitary activity.
(d) A destructive activity.

15. What occasion led Knapp to drink for the first time?
(a) Her father lost his job.
(b) A boy she liked lost interest in her.
(c) She was bored.
(d) She was molested by her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two parts into which Knapp compartmentalizes her life?

2. What happened to Knapp's friend's brother who tried to molest his sister?

3. Which friend of Knapp's had a schizophrenic brother?

4. What kind of drunk was Knapp's friend Elaine?

5. Liquor seemed to ease what emotions for Knapp?

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