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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who began fighting and throwing things at the welcome home party for Maya Deren?
(a) John Leonard.
(b) Alexandra Broyard.
(c) Meyer Schapiro.
(d) Caitlin Thomas.

2. What did Anatole open before taking Sheri to bed in Chapter 10?
(a) The oven.
(b) Windows.
(c) Doors.
(d) A book.

3. When did Ernest Hemingway win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1954.

4. When Pablito returned to the club in Spanish Harlem, where was he injured?
(a) His knee.
(b) His head.
(c) His foot.
(d) His arm.

5. Where did Anatole find Sheri one night in Chapter 10?
(a) Outside.
(b) In a doorway.
(c) In the bathroom.
(d) In the kitchen.

6. Who wrote Lady Chatterley's Lover?
(a) Dylan Thomas.
(b) Anatole Broyard.
(c) D.H. Lawrence.
(d) Anais Nin.

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

8. What friend of Anatole's was described as a great talker in Chapter 13?
(a) Saul Silverman.
(b) Eleanora Derenkowsky.
(c) Detective Scanlon.
(d) Milton Klonsky.

9. In Chapter 16, Delmore asked Anatole to accompany him where to help him decide which new suit to buy?
(a) Bradley Brothers.
(b) Bartlett Brothers.
(c) Brandy Brothers.
(d) Brooks Brothers.

10. When was Norman Mailer born?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1919.

11. Anatole became acquainted with Delmore Schwartz when had accepted a piece Anatole had written for what publication?
(a) Partisan Magazine.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) The Chicago Tribune.
(d) National Geographic.

12. For Anatole, sex with Sheri never became what kind of experience?
(a) Intimate.
(b) Strange.
(c) Alienating.
(d) Fearful.

13. What did Anatole close as it reminded him too much of Sheri in Chapter 11?
(a) His bakery.
(b) His bank account.
(c) His heart.
(d) His bookstore.

14. What friend asked Anatole to collaborate on a magazine piece on jazz music in Chapter 11?
(a) Erich Fromm.
(b) Milton Klonsky.
(c) Meyer Schapiro.
(d) John Leonard.

15. Maya asked Anatole to assist Dylan Thomas by doing what in Chapter 15?
(a) Getting money from a bouncer.
(b) Fighting a man.
(c) Walking his dog.
(d) Sitting on his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Anatole grow faint in Chapter 10?

2. Whom did Anatole leave the painting with in Chapter 12?

3. What did Anatole find Sheri doing with his mother in Chapter 11?

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

5. Where was Maya Deren born?

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