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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 happening to Nora's vision?

2. Where in New York do Nora and Nick find a new apartment after Apthorp?

3. What does Nora use as daily skin maintenance?

4. What does Nora claim that the obsession with maintenance of physical appearance is trying to ultimately do?

5. What maintenance requirement does Nora question?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Nora's thoughts on exercise?

2. What is wrong with Nora Ephron's neck, besides age and what does she wish she would have enjoyed more?

3. What is the symbolism of Nora's apartment?

4. What does Nora's final decision about her new, waterproof, roomy purse do for other women trying to make traditional purses work?

5. What does Nora not like about her own purse?

6. Who is Nora Ephron?

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. Describe the premise of the chapter "Blind as a Bat."

10. What types of maintenance are there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Nora conveys that the older generations, the Baby Boomers, are highly proactive. They are always into the latest craze about health and beauty. Write an essay on the aging Baby Boomers and their effect on society. What have been their greatest contributions and their greatest struggles? Include 3 resources and cite your evidence.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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