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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. Kay battles with a hated __________ teacher about a paper on the position of women in the Middle Ages.

2. What is the religious background of Kay's father's side of the family?

3. Where does Father take Kay in order to meet the family and to arrange a job for her?

4. Kay is upset with Phil using the paper to help promote the desegregation of ________________ in Washington.

5. Frankfurter approves of Phil and Kay, but ___________ is not keen about the arrangement.

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom do Eugene and Agnes hire during the course of their around-the-world honeymoon?

2. What does Father think about Kay's admission to the London School of Economics?

3. Why can't the Washington Post attract any high quality staff to write for the paper?

4. What does Mother think of the women that she meets when she is living in Washington with Eugene?

5. What is Kay surprised about when she drives to Florida to see Phil's family?

6. What does Time declare about the Washington Post in 1941 as its circulation begins to grow?

7. What does Father take from the hint of family friend and journalist, Eleanor Medill 'Cissy' Patterson?

8. Where do the Meyers spend their summers after spending their winters in Washington?

9. What does Kay do with her time when Phil is off at court?

10. Why is it easy for Kay to hide Phil's true condition from her parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Phil finally has his breakdown, though it's not something that would be entirely shocking to those who knew him, the breakdown is covered up as much as possible.

Part 1: Why do you think Phil's family thought it would be a good idea to hide Phil's condition from the public?

Part 2: Do you think the society of the time was comfortable with the idea of mental illness? Why or why not?

Part 3: How might the perception of the Post and of Phil have changed if his illness were public knowledge?

Essay Topic 2

Kay's love life seems to become less and less of a concern once her husband has died and she begins leading the newspaper.

Part 1: Kay notes that she is married to her job once Phil dies. What does this mean?

Part 2: Do you think that Kay even had time for romantic relationships?

Part 3: What might have happened had Kay gotten married again? Would she have been the same sort of wife she was to Phil?

Essay Topic 3

In writing a memoir, Kay is faced with the events of her life and realizes she could have handled things much differently than she did.

Part 1: Why do you think that Kay decided to write the memoir in the first place?

Part 2: Do you think that anyone ever lives a life without any regrets? Why or why not?

Part 3: What regrets do you have and how have you managed to deal with the feeling of regret?

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