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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 does Knapp realize about drinking after years of therapy?

2. What do Knapp's readers appreciate about her column?

3. How would Knapp spend her time during the first year of living alone?

4. What kinds of things would Knapp obsessively yearn for?

5. What kind of alcohol did Knapp keep in the house at the end of her drinking?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Knapp's mantra?

4. How would Knapp fill her days when she was living by herself?

5. Describe Knapp's relationship with Roger.

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

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

8. What confrontation do Knapp and her mother have after Knapp's father dies?

9. How were Knapp's personal and professional lives different?

10. Describe the first time Knapp got drunk.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the theme of Knapp's split personality--or compartmentalized personality--develop throughout the book? Use specific examples from the chapters. Is she one person? Is she more than one person? What do each of the people inside of her want? Does she seem pathologically self-divided, or does her self-division seem natural?

Essay Topic 2

How does Knapp's relationship with drinking change over time throughout the course of the book? Be specific in citing examples.

Essay Topic 3

How does Knapp's relationship with her work change as her drinking changes? What does her writing have to do with her drinking? Does drinking threaten her writing? Does writing threaten her drinking?

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