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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 is not guaranteed in a difficult recipe?

2. What does the effects of eyesight going bad affect?

3. Where does Nora travel to with a friend to buy a purse?

4. According to Nora Ephron, what kind of advice helps you as a parent through the adolescent years?

5. What does Nora Ephron enjoy about reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nora think of manicures?

2. Why does Nora travel to Paris?

3. What does Nora Ephron not like about her neck?

4. What does the new purse Nora gets after returning from Paris look like?

5. How does Nora's interest in cookbooks begin?

6. Describe how Nora views her apartment in the beginning?

7. What is significant about Lee Bailey?

8. What kind of a job is parenting?

9. What happens to Nora as she throws herself into the culinary arts?

10. What does Nora claim affects people more than anything else?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nora Ephron talks about the glamour and public intrigue with the Kennedy White House. It was deemed the time of "Camelot". America has a love affair with fame. Fame sometimes serves as a justification for living. Write an essay on the reality of fame, public intrigue, and glamour. Refer to 3 contemporary "stars" and how fame and fortune have affected their life, either for good or for not. Explain how public people often have to protect their private life and how fame might just be an illusion to happiness.

Essay Topic 2

Nora talks about falling in love with an apartment as part of her recovery from a broken marriage. She makes her surroundings something she loves so as to help her cope with the loss of love in her life. This action is almost literature based. Write an essay on pieces of classical literature that mirror this exact sentiment. Find 3 examples and find evidence within the prose to discuss in your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

Nora and her friend go to Paris, the heart of the fashion world. Write an essay on the fashion icons who came from Paris such as Sonia Rykiel, Coco Chanel, and Jeanne Lanvin. Why is fashion so coveted? Why is it an art form? Why is Paris so coveted for fashion? What is its lure and insight into fashion? How does fashion influence world issues? What did the fashion icons give the world as a result of their inspiration?

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