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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 members of AA offer each other?

2. How does Tess' story begin?

3. How long after Knapp moves out of Julian's apartment does she meet Michael?

4. How does Knapp say alcohol is seen in some circles?

5. What distance separated Knapp from Julian after he threw her out?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened when David came to visit Knapp after college?

3. What was Knapp's relationship with Julian like in the beginning?

4. Describe Julian and describe how he makes Knapp feel.

5. How does Knapp's mother's death affect Knapp's relationship with Michael?

6. What does Knapp say AA does for her?

7. How does Knapp describe alcohol's effect on the body?

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

9. How do drinking and anorexia make Knapp feel?

10. How does Knapp feel on the occasion of her sister's wedding?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Knapp's memoir is a love story, but Knapp falls in love with a number of different men throughout the book. How does her relationship with alcohol parallel her relationships with men? Is she ever untrue to the bottle? Is she ever as desperate for a man as she is for the bottle? How do her relationships with men change as her relationship with alcohol changes?

Essay Topic 2

What role does narrative play in Drinking: A Love Story? What is the overarching narrative, and how do the anecdotes and episodes along the way bolster or supplement her narrative? Is there tension between the main narrative and the secondary narratives? Do any of the secondary narratives threaten to run away with the story? How does Knapp reel them in?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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