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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 has happened in New York that does not detour Nora Ephron from living there?

2. What does Nora offer the reader as she dispenses her advice and wisdom?

3. During the writing of the script of what movie does Nora come face to face with a Rorschach, meaning that when you ask a group of people about a particular event, everyone will have a different answer?

4. What is Nora always on the lookout for?

5. What does Nora compare the rapture of a great book to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nora say everyone has moments of?

2. What does Nora begin talking about when describing her life in New York?

3. What is the relationship that Nora draws between the reader and a diver?

4. What happens to Nora when she is seven months pregnant that changes the course of her life entirely?

5. What kind of relationship does Nora have with the characters she reads about in books?

6. What are the advantages of Nora's neighborhood?

7. Why happens one day when JFK walks by Nora one day?

8. Who are the two people that greatly influenced Nora in her life?

9. Describe the success that happens on Nora's quest for the cabbage strudel.

10. What happens when Nora sees Bill on TV again?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

Write an essay on the Bill and Monica scandal. Looking back on this scandal, compared with the politics going on in the world at that time, does the scandal seems inconsequential? Or not? Describe 3 reasons the scandal was as blown up as it was, according to the sociological factors influencing the media at the time. Lastly, do you think the scandal should have been so publicly acknowledged? Was the media's influence on it inappropriate or do Americans have the right to know everything about their leader? Include the opinion of experts as well as your own.

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