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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What medical condition did Sheri tell Anatole she had in Chapter 6?
(a) The plague.
(b) A bad heart.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Seizures.

2. Karen Horney was often classified as __________.
(a) Neo-Freudian.
(b) A conservative.
(c) Neo-Jungian.
(d) A liberal.

3. When was the G.I. Bill introduced?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1944.

4. Where did Anatole's parents live after he returned from the war?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Queens.

5. What did Sheri do while making love to Anatole in Chapter 8?
(a) Bit him.
(b) Screamed.
(c) Cried.
(d) Slapped him.

Short Answer Questions

1. It was speculation that Meyer Schapiro was not as much a fan of modern art as he was of _________.

2. How late was Anatole to his second psychoanalyst visit in Chapter 7?

3. What color eyes did Sheri have?

4. How old was Anatole Broyard when he finished serving in World War II?

5. What refers to a theory of mind and brain positing that the operational principle of the brain is holistic, parallel, and analog, with self-organizing tendencies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Anatole describe 1946 in terms of people's relationship to literature?

2. Under what famed psychologist did Anatole study at the New School? How did students feel about this instructor?

3. What break-through did Anatole experience while seeing a psychoanalyst in Chapter 7?

4. What explanation did Sheri offer for the state of Anatole's apartment? What did he discover about their living arrangement?

5. What unsettled Anatole about Sheri when he first moved in? How did the couple get along?

6. Why did Anatole refrain from attacking Dick in Chapter 3?

7. How old was Anatole Broyard at the opening of the book? From where had he returned? How was the setting described?

8. What put off Anatole about some of his customers at the bookstore?

9. How was Anatole humiliated when Anais Nin offered him a wine bottle to open?

10. What did Dick Gilman present to Anatole and Sheri one night in Chapter 3? How was Dick described?

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