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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Maya Deren born?
(a) France.
(b) Lithuania.
(c) Germany.
(d) Ukraine.

2. Tropic of Capricorn was banned in the United States until what year?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1961.

3. What did Anatole turn off after finding Sheri in the middle of the night in Chapter 10?
(a) The lights.
(b) The radio.
(c) The gas stove.
(d) The vacuum.

4. Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned from being openly published in Great Britain until what year?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1961.

5. 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.

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

7. In reality, what did Anatole and Sheri feel for each other?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Love.
(d) Curiosity.

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

9. Where did Anatole move to in Chapter 12?
(a) Jackson Street.
(b) Prince Street.
(c) King Street.
(d) Sultan Street.

10. What had Sheri turned on in the middle of the night in Chapter 10?
(a) The lights.
(b) The radio.
(c) The vacuum.
(d) The gas stove.

11. What hot spot of Spanish Harlem did Delmore and friends head to in Chapter 14?
(a) Rico's taco's.
(b) The library.
(c) Little Havana.
(d) The Park Plaza.

12. What did Anatole find Sheri doing with his mother in Chapter 11?
(a) Looking at photo albums.
(b) Attending church.
(c) Shopping.
(d) Playing bridge.

13. George Eliot was the pen name for whom?
(a) Mary Anne Evans.
(b) Alexandra Broyard.
(c) Anais Nin.
(d) Caitlin Thomas.

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

15. Although Anatole aspired to be an intellectual, when he read a book, he made sure he kept an eye on __________.
(a) The real world.
(b) The birds.
(c) His bag.
(d) The weather.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Anatole go to pick up from an empty apartment in Chapter 12?

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

4. Along with Truman Capote, Joan Didion, Hunter S. Thompson, John McPhee, and Tom Wolfe, Mailer is considered an innovator of what genre?

5. Who knocked at Anatole's door in Chapter 12?

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