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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Anatole's mother slowed her speech when speaking with Sheri because she thought ______________.
(a) Sheri couldn't read.
(b) Sheri was foreign.
(c) Sheri wasn't listening.
(d) Sheri was hard of hearing.

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

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) Religion.
(b) The raw data of reality.
(c) His true self.
(d) Love.

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

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

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

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

10. What was Maya Deren's principle profession?
(a) Painter.
(b) Novelist.
(c) Filmmaker.
(d) Actress.

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

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

13. How did Sheri usually sleep with Anatole?
(a) On top of him.
(b) Beneath him.
(c) Not looking at him.
(d) Beside him.

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

15. 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) Sin.
(c) Explanations.
(d) Regrets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Virginia Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of what group?

2. What caused Anatole's mother and Sheri to go flying back in the chair in Chapter 11?

3. Anatole told whom that he planned on keeping the painting because it was his in Chapter 12?

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

5. Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned from being openly published in Great Britain until what year?

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