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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. Where can you look for advice about parenting, but be advised that there are many different opinions?

2. What kind of job is parenting?

3. What has nothing to do with age?

4. What has every woman tried to do with her purse?

5. What profession is Nora Ephron a critically acclaimed success?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the second stage of parenting?

2. What types of maintenance are there?

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

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

5. What is the third stage of parenting?

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

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

8. Who is Nora Ephron?

9. Who are the people that move in and that Nora meets in her building and what happens with these relationships?

10. What kind of a job is parenting?

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 says that most people would agree that wisdom comes with age. What do you believe? Write an essay on the definition of wisdom, according to the Greeks, and how it is now perceived in Western Culture. Does the West respect the wisdom that comes with age? Do they respect age? Is there any exception to the old adage that wisdom comes from age? Could wisdom come from truthful perception? Write this as an opinion piece and base it on personal experience.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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