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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After hearing cute baby and childhood stories about Anatole, what did Sheri's face reflect in Chapter 11?
(a) Love.
(b) Joy.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Boredom.

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

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

5. Although Anatole admired Delmore's intellectualism and love of the literary, it was almost as though his head was so wrapped up in books that he was unable to accept _____________.
(a) His true self.
(b) Love.
(c) The raw data of reality.
(d) Religion.

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

7. What illness led to Saul's death?
(a) Lung cancer.
(b) Appendicitis.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Leukemia.

8. Where did Anatole move to immediately after leaving Sheri in Chapter 11?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Boston.
(c) Hartford.
(d) Philadelphia.

9. Where did Saul tell Anatole he was dying?
(a) A church.
(b) The hospital.
(c) Prospect Park.
(d) His house.

10. From where had Maya Deren just returned in Chapter 15?
(a) British Virgin Islands.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Jamaica.

11. What did Anatole fear his father would see when Sheri went flailing in the chair in Chapter 11?
(a) Her socks.
(b) Her jewelry.
(c) Her lack of underwear.
(d) That she wore a wig.

12. When was George Eliot born?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1819.
(d) 1899.

13. When was Maya Deren born?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1913.

14. What did Anatole know at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) It was time to leave Sheri.
(b) There was a God.
(c) Who he was.
(d) Freud was right.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What friend of Anatole's was described as a great talker in Chapter 13?

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

3. When was Ernest Hemingway born?

4. What made Anatole grow faint in Chapter 10?

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

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