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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tropic of Capricorn was a sequel to what earlier work?
(a) Longitudinal Thinking.
(b) Here on the Equator.
(c) Change Your Latitude.
(d) Tropic of Cancer.

2. Anatole's friend Saul was a romantic intellect because he didn't want to change people's politics, but he did want to change their _______________.
(a) Appearance.
(b) Sensibilities.
(c) Religion.
(d) Opinions.

3. Saul Silverman prefaced telling Anatole about his illness by making him agree to __________.
(a) A gentleman's agreement.
(b) A no-fussing pact.
(c) Swear on the bible.
(d) Take a solemn oath.

4. Who asked Anatole to come with him to the station in Chapter 12?
(a) Detective Scanlon.
(b) Captain Stevens.
(c) Captain Montrose.
(d) Detective Miller.

5. When Anatole had asked Sheri what a painting meant to her after she finished it, she told him that he'd never be a man until he could live without ___________.
(a) Pride.
(b) Explanations.
(c) Sin.
(d) Regrets.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where had Maya Deren just returned in Chapter 15?

2. What did Saul Silverman's mother blame for his illness?

3. To Sheri, sex was an exploration of ____________.

4. When did Ernest Hemingway win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

5. Anatole related that when Pablito, a ticket taker, would not allow a man in who hadn't paid, the man _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Anatole discover Sheri after leaving class in Chapter 11? What was his reaction?

2. How did Anatole describe ethnic differences in New York in the 1920s? How did this relate to Saul Silverman?

3. Where did Anatole go after leaving Sheri in Chapter 11? How did he feel about the location?

4. What story did Delmore relate to Anatole in Chapter 16? What was Anatole's response?

5. How did Anatole relate the sexual morals of the late 1940s in Chapter 17?

6. How did Anatole explain the undercurrent of his and Sheri's relationship in Chapter 10?

7. What was Anatole's reaction to Caitlin Thomas' advances in Chapter 15?

8. What did Anatole not know about his friend Saul?

9. How did Anatole meet Delmore Schwartz? How did he describe him?

10. What story did Anatole relate to Delmore Schwartz in Chapter 14?

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