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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Considering the Alternative.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nora say is easier to do once the experience has played out?
(a) See the wisdom in the moment.
(b) See the compassion in the moment.
(c) See the humor in the moment.
(d) See the opportunity in the moment.

2. What does Nora perceive the hunt to find cabbage strudel to be?
(a) A happy ending.
(b) A quest.
(c) A journey.
(d) A love affair.

3. What does Nora cause the reader to think about as they read about where she lives?
(a) Why they should live in New York.
(b) Where they want to live.
(c) Where they live themselves.
(d) Where their friends live.

4. What newspaper is Nora given the change to write for, realizing her dream of being a journalist at the age of twenty-two?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The New York Post.
(c) The New York Magazine.
(d) The New Yorker.

5. What do the contents of Nora's purse most resemble?
(a) Grace Kelly's Hermes bag.
(b) A bag lady's bag.
(c) A grocery gag.
(d) Mary Poppin's bottomless carpet bag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the chapter "Blind as a Bat" and ode to?

2. What is it like living in Nora's apartment in the beginning?

3. How much does Nora pay for Dr. Hauschka's lemon bath?

4. What subject matter does Nora Ephron refuse to discuss in her book?

5. Where does the book she is reading in "Rapture" take her?

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