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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nora feel about her divorces?
(a) She is reminiscent of the past.
(b) She is deeply affected.
(c) She is sad but moves on.
(d) She feels free of obligation.

2. How does Nora describe herself as she sits in front of her computer?
(a) A workaholic
(b) a computer addict
(c) Jittery and anxious
(d) A mouse potato.

3. What did Nora's mother die of?
(a) Cirrhosis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) An overdose of sleeping pills.

4. What is Nora always on the lookout for?
(a) The next great play.
(b) The next great book.
(c) The next great actress.
(d) The next great movie.

5. How many times does Nora enter her own kitchen?
(a) A couple of times a day.
(b) Hundreds of times a day
(c) When a meal is being prepared.
(d) Nora does not cook.

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

7. Why is Nora so happy about the cabbage strudel?
(a) Because she found something she lost.
(b) Because it is such a satisfying accompaniment to soup.
(c) Because the strudel reminds her of home.
(d) Because it is a perfect combination of flakes and vegetables.

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

9. What happens after Nora's first request for cabbage strudel is denied by the owner of Andre's bakery?
(a) Nora gets the recipe to make it herself.
(b) Andre tells Nora the strudel is officially off the menu.
(c) Andre opens a second bakery with the strudel.
(d) Nora's friend demands the strudel for her.

10. What does Nora do with the classics?
(a) She decorates her home with them.
(b) She makes scripts from them.
(c) She reads them over and over.
(d) She keeps them on her bookshelf.

11. In what city does Nora Ephron live?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) New York City.
(c) Boston.
(d) Atlanta.

12. After the Bill and Monica affair, how does Nora view Bill and his character?
(a) He's a misogynist.
(b) He's a chauvinist.
(c) He's a dirty politician.
(d) He's a hypocrite.

13. How does Nora handle Bill's lies regarding Gennifer?
(a) She discredits them.
(b) She knows the truth.
(c) She rationalized them away.
(d) She goes into denial.

14. What does the story of Nora and JFK bring reality to?
(a) Nora's own personal problems.
(b) The marriage between John and Jackie.
(c) The glamour and public intrigue of the White House.
(d) The trying times of the 1960's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nora impressed by when she sees Bill on television?

2. Where did Nora's first husband take her in an attempt to patch together their failed marriage?

3. What does Nora question in regarding to her time with Bill?

4. 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?

5. What is the structure of Nora's apartment?

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