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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 does Tess handle her physical situation?

2. What did Knapp learn at AA?

3. How does Knapp describe Janet?

4. What do members of AA offer each other?

5. Who was William?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Knapp gets pregnant?

2. What happened when Knapp began to lose weight?

3. What does Knapp say life is like for drinkers who quit?

4. What is Knapp's friend Janet's experience with alcohol and eating like?

5. What happened the last time Julian attempted to kick Knapp out?

6. How does Knapp see herself as similar to Tess?

7. How do drinking and anorexia make Knapp feel?

8. How does Knapp feel the first time she slept with Michael?

9. What does Knapp think when she arrives at the AA meeting?

10. What does Knapp remember of the last months of her father's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of book is Drinking: A Love Story? Write a review that characterizes the book's main themes, style, shortcomings and accomplishments.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How does Knapp represent her anorexia in relation to her alcoholism? Does she describe them in the same terms? Are they similar in her experience, or no? How does her drinking change when she stops being anorexic?

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