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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nora think the advice she gives might not be heard?
(a) Because people rebel against advice.
(b) Because people do not trust advice.
(c) Because people learn from their own mistakes.
(d) Because most people are stubborn.

2. Under what political circumstance does Nora Ephron refuse to support Bill?
(a) Gays in the military.
(b) Gay marriage.
(c) Gay rights.
(d) Gay adoption.

3. Who does Nora equate her computer addiction to?
(a) Couch potatoes.
(b) Drug addicts.
(c) politicians
(d) Adulterers.

4. Who does the character of Sally most resemble in the film "When Harry Met Sally?"
(a) Nora Ephron.
(b) Diane Sawyer.
(c) Meg Ryan.
(d) Katie Couric.

5. What does Nora remember about the books that she reads?
(a) The characters.
(b) The intriguing plot.
(c) The problems of her life she is reminded of.
(d) Where she was when she read them.

6. Where does the book she is reading in "Rapture" take her?
(a) 1930's New Jersey.
(b) 1940's New York.
(c) 1930's Montana.
(d) 1960's Boston.

7. What is the name of the woman who admits to having an affair with JFK?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Nina.
(c) Marilyn.
(d) Mimi.

8. Where is JFK walking to when he walks past Nora and asks her a question?
(a) To the restroom.
(b) To a meeting.
(c) To Airforce One.
(d) To his helicopter.

9. What does Nora say is easy to do when it comes to advice?
(a) Wish you would have questioned it.
(b) Wish you had taken it.
(c) Wish you had not taken it.
(d) Wish you could have figured things out yourself.

10. What author is Nora reading when she writes the chapter "Rapture?"
(a) Margaret Atwood.
(b) Amy Bloom.
(c) Michael Crichton.
(d) Michael Chabon.

11. What is Nora's job in the White House?
(a) Wait staff.
(b) Intern.
(c) Typist.
(d) Secretary.

12. Why can't Nora hear the question that JFK asks her directly?
(a) Because Nora is too star struck.
(b) Because The Speaker of the House answers JFK first.
(c) Because of the noise of the heliocopter.
(d) Because someone is talking over her.

13. What is the good that comes of Nora's husband's affair while she is pregnant?
(a) Nora finds a new man.
(b) Nora has a swift divorce.
(c) Nora realizes she loves her child.
(d) Nora realizes the value of fiction.

14. What city does Nora Ephron move to when she is five years old, but misses home and does not fit in?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) San Franscisco.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Los Angeles.

15. What does one want to have when they are younger and could really use?
(a) Money.
(b) Looks.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Wisdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nora describe herself as she sits in front of her computer?

2. What can Nora find within a two block radius of her apartment?

3. During the writing of the script of what movie does Nora come face to face with a Rorschach, meaning that when you ask a group of people about a particular event, everyone will have a different answer?

4. How long was Nora married to her first husband?

5. How does Nora feel when the story of Bill and Monica comes out?

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