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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. How did Nora take care of her nails for many years?
2. According to Nora Ephron, what kind of advice helps you as a parent through the adolescent years?
3. What did Nora used to do to be rid of unwanted hairs?
4. Where does Nora find herself at the time she moves?
5. Where does Nora travel to with a friend to buy a purse?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the premise of the chapter "Blind as a Bat."
2. What is significant about Lee Bailey?
3. Why does Nora travel to Paris?
4. What does Nora think of manicures?
5. What is the symbolism of Nora's apartment?
6. What does Nora Ephron not like about her neck?
7. Describe how Nora views her apartment in the beginning?
8. What is the first stage of parenting?
9. What is the premise of Nora Ephron's book "I Feel Bad About My Neck?"
10. Who are the people that move in and that Nora meets in her building and what happens with these relationships?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Nora talks about many one liners that offer advice, humor, comfort, and are thought provoking in her chapter titled "What I Wish I'd Known" There are no themes. Write an essay on what you wish you'd known about life. Include humorous, comforting, and thought provoking remarks and even some anecdotes. Provide examples of the times where your life could have been different had you known a certain thing - or two.
Essay Topic 2
Nora Ephron discusses "The Parenting Movement", which began just before Nora had kids. Write an essay on the past 50 years of the social interpretation of child rearing. If possible, outline the theories that have been offered over time and if they have served parents or not. . Include 3 major researchers and their findings (doctors, psychologists, etc). FInally, end your essay with your own social commentary of parenting What is it that you believe is good advice to follow when raising a child?
Essay Topic 3
Nora describes the feeling of reading and finishing a book as the feeling of being a deep sea diver, coming up to the surface and needing to decompress or else running the risk of getting "the bends". Write a critical book review of your favorite novel, one that made you feel the rapture Nora speaks of. Discuss character, plot, climax, and resolution. If you have not felt that type of rapture, write an essay on what you imagine that feeling to be like, using the diver analogy. Make sure you take a critical, academic approach to the book review so that the reader is drawn in, much like they are in a novel.
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