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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. Who breaks off the relationship between Anna and Saul?

2. What is the determination about Tommy's condition?

3. Where does Michael appear in 'Golden Notebook'?

4. What does Anna think about her body in 'Golden Notebook'?

5. What does Tommy question in Free Women: 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the plot for the new story Anna thinks of in 'Golden Notebook'?

2. In Free Women: 2, what does Anna sense about Tommy?

3. What do Anna and Marion discuss in Free Women: 2?

4. Explain what happens to Tommy in Free Women: 2?

5. How have Anna and Molly's lives changed in Free Women: 5?

6. How does Saul end up publishing a book?

7. How does Saul make Anna feel about herself?

8. What happens when Molly and Richard arrive at Anna's flat?

9. When Tommy visits Anna's flat in Free Women: 2, what do they talk about?

10. What news does Anna have to tell Marion in Free Women: 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the meaning of Anna's reporting on the whole of her day. How does she feel conflicted in the roles she must play? In what ways does the stress and busyness of her day affect Anna?

Essay Topic 2

What side of Anna does 'Black Notebook' show the reader? What do we learn about her and her feelings about her talent?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Ella's insight about free women towards the end of the novel. What does she realize about being a free woman in the world of married men? Why do you think she finally had this powerful thought? How will it change her actions? Should she have realized this earlier in her life?

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