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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 does Anna see a man do at the beginning of the second 'Black Notebook'?

2. How many pages does Molly dedicate to doubts in the red notebook?

3. What word(s) describe how Anna sees her world?

4. What style is the synopsis of Anna's novel written in in the black notebook?

5. In 'Black Notebook', what does Anna's novel have to do with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Anna's conclusion about the dream she had in 'Red Notebook'?

2. What is the sign in the last 'Yellow Notebook' that Anna has lost her writer's block?

3. How does Anna react to Saul moving in with her?

4. Why does Molly agree not to send in Anna's doubts about the Communist Party?

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

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

7. What is Anna scared when she reads her notebooks again in 'Blue Notebook'?

8. Why does Ella feel completely alone in the last 'Yellow Notebook'?

9. How does Ella meet Paul Tanner?

10. What does Anna think the danger of Janet walking in on her and Michael represents, and how does it make her feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Anna and Molly become distrustful of the Communist Party, and why do they consider leaving the party? What leads to these feelings? Were they justified?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Anna and Molly's realizations that the Communist Party will never change, and explore whether they were naive to think that it would.

Essay Topic 3

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

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