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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 Nora's most recent attempt at working out?
2. What subject does Nora Ephron provide humorous insight into?
3. How does Nora's cooking style change?
4. What has nothing to do with age?
5. When did Nora Ephron enjoy reading telephone books?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the third stage of parenting?
2. What is happening to Nora's eyesight and what is she having trouble doing?
3. What is significant about Lee Bailey?
4. What does Nora do while she tries out recipes from her favorite cookbooks?
5. What are Nora's thoughts on exercise?
6. What does the new purse Nora gets after returning from Paris look like?
7. What is the premise of Nora Ephron's book "I Feel Bad About My Neck?"
8. What happens when Nora finally gets reading glasses?
9. What is wrong with Nora Ephron's neck, besides age and what does she wish she would have enjoyed more?
10. What happens to Nora as she throws herself into the culinary arts?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the chapter titled "Le Strudel Perdu" Nora discusses the topic of loss through a very vivid description of cabbage strudel and her quest to find it after one of her favorite Hungarian bakeries closes. Nora discusses the idea of loss and the infinite quest to look for what gave you joy that is now gone forever. Write an essay about a significant loss in your life, on that you had to let go of the outcome of in order to heal. Perhaps your loss ended joyfully. Maybe it did not. Connect 3 of Nora's points on loss and letting go in your own essay, interlacing her narrative in with yours.
Essay Topic 2
Nora Ephron gives the reader a short synopsis of her life in the chapter titled, " The Story of My LIfe in 3500 Words or Less". What is the significance of the art of biography? Why do we document our life and our life events? What is to be gained by the reader by studying someone else's life? Use 3 examples of biographies you have researched throughout the unit and talk about how they have made an impact on you. Treat "biography" as a genre and determine its strengths and weaknesses.
Essay Topic 3
Nora Ephron talks about losing her eyesight and being frustrated because she finds it increasingly difficult to read. Write an essay on the power of literacy. In what ways does literacy affect our entire life? From communication, to obtaining a job, to understanding a political action, to having an informed opinion, or simply in understanding the world around you, there are so many ways literacy is part of daily life. Discuss 3 ways that literacy has changed your life. Describe how and why literacy is so necessary. Be sure to include at least 3 examples in your response.
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