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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. When was Virginia Woolf born?

2. In reality, what did Anatole and Sheri feel for each other?

3. Who began fighting and throwing things at the welcome home party for Maya Deren?

4. Who reported that Anatole stole a painting in Chapter 12?

5. Who was dancing alongside Maya Deren in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation did Anatole have at the police station in Chapter 12?

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

3. How were Anatole's and Sheri's experiences of sex described in Chapter 10?

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

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

6. What led to Sheri flying out of a chair in Chapter 11? What did Anatole do?

7. What did Saul reveal to Anatole at Prospect Park? On what condition did he speak to him?

8. What scene took place with Dylan Thomas' wife in Chapter 15?

9. When did Anatole Broyard die? Who assisted in the completion of the book?

10. What did Anatole stop to pick up at Sheri's apartment in Chapter 12? What did he take with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the artist Sheri Donatti and her relationship with Anatole Broyard. How old was Sheri when they met? How did Anatole describe her appearance and personality?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of the memoir. What was the atmosphere in Greenwich Village like in 1946? How did Anatole feel arriving home from the war?

Essay Topic 3

What is the meaning of the title of the book? What was Broyard's association with Franz Kafka?

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