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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Knapp's relationship with alcohol like?
(a) Long and tortured.
(b) Brief and blissful.
(c) On and off, and inconsistent.
(d) Longstanding, methodically destructive.

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

3. What does Knapp realize about drinking after years of therapy?
(a) It turned her into her true self.
(b) It stopped her from experiencing things.
(c) It replaced her emotions with false emotion.
(d) It convinced her of many untrue things.

4. What happened when Knapp was a sophomore in college?
(a) She started to be anorexic.
(b) She slept with a friend after her birthday party.
(c) She fell asleep in the snow and got hypothermia.
(d) She slept with two friends in the same night.

5. What behavior of Knapp's started to worry her friends and family?
(a) She would go home with strange men.
(b) She would black out.
(c) She would drive after drinking.
(d) She would call people while she was drunk.

6. How did alcohol affect Knapp?
(a) It trapped her in anger and depression.
(b) It filled her with rage and sorrow.
(c) It made her sociable and wise.
(d) It impaired her ability to grow.

7. What was Knapp's father's line of work?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Surgeon.
(d) Psychiatrist.

8. When would Knapp drink?
(a) When she felt helpless.
(b) When she felt angry.
(c) When she felt anxious or bored.
(d) When she was lonely.

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

10. Where would Knapp escape to when she needed to get out of her apartment?
(a) Her parents' house.
(b) A bar downtown.
(c) The beach
(d) The pizza place across the street.

11. What did Knapp NOT drink?
(a) Whisky.
(b) Merlot.
(c) Fume blanc.
(d) Nyquil.

12. How does Alex describe himself?
(a) As a deliberate monster.
(b) As a nefarious extrovert.
(c) As a gregarious introvert.
(d) As a friendly psychopath.

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

14. What would Meg feel the morning after a night of anonymous sex?
(a) Emptiness and disgust.
(b) Intoxicating rage.
(c) Unanswerable sexual longing.
(d) Regret and sorrow.

15. How hard was it for Knapp to quit drinking?
(a) The hardest thing she ever did.
(b) It easy for her to walk away from it.
(c) It was constant work, like being married.
(d) Surprisingly easy, after she committed to it.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Knapp met her friend for drinks, how long would it take before the drinks kicked in?

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

3. Knapp's first drunk resulted from what drink?

4. Who is Alice K?

5. What does Knapp find when she tries to identify the influence that made her an alcoholic?

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