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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 kind of party does Anna attend in 'Red Notebook'?

2. What does Anna realize about her novel in the black notebook and its readers?

3. What lie does Anna tell about a journal in 'Black Notebook'?

4. How is the structure of this book often described?

5. What is Ella's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anna feel after Michael doesn't show up at her home when she prepares dinner for both of them?

2. How is the first company's proposal for Anna's novel to turn it into a movie insulting to her?

3. In Free Women: 1, why is Richard worried about Tommy?

4. Describe the fear that Anna expresses to Mrs. Marks in 'Blue Notebook'.

5. How does Anna retaliate against the attempts to simplify her novel when making it into a movie?

6. Why does Anna feel disillusioned despite all of the interest in her novel?

7. What sign does the reader have that Anna had been disillusioned for a while with the Communist Party?

8. What happens when Molly learns her friends are in jail in 'Red Notebook'?

9. Describe Anna's emotions in response to the reaction of the novel "Frontiers of War".

10. What happens before Anna decides to keep one notebook in the 'Blue Notebook'?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why Anna is in psychoanalysis with Mrs. Marks, and what Anna thinks of the process.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the cause of Anna's disillusionment with her novel in 'Black Notebook'; how does this disillusion manifest itself?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Anna and Ella. How are they alike? How are they different?

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