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

2. When did Meyer Schapiro's family emigrate to the United States?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1907.

3. On his third visit to the psychoanalyst in Chapter 7, what did Anatole attempt to take back?
(a) His commment about being amazed by love.
(b) His commment about being disappointed in love.
(c) His commment about being amazed by religion.
(d) His commment about being disappointed in religion.

4. 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?
(a) Basalt psychology.
(b) Kafka psychology.
(c) Gestalt psychology.
(d) Psychological gestation.

5. What overwhelmed the kitchen in the apartment Anatole took after the war?
(a) A library.
(b) A whiskey still.
(c) A horse corral.
(d) A printing press.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Anatole Broyard's father?

2. Friedrich Nietzsche commented that the best thoughts came about while doing what activity?

3. Anais Nin was briefly a patient of what famed psychoanalyst?

4. Where was the school located which Anatole attended after returning from World War II?

5. It became apparent to Anatole in Chapter 3 that who had put the Spanish artist up to presenting his diatribe?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Anatole feel he inherited himself from the works of great literary authors?

3. How did Anatole pay for his college tuition? How did he feel about attaining a degree?

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

5. How did Anatole feel going into a modern art class with Meyer Schapiro?

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

7. Sheri explained to Anatole that due to her medical condition she could not do what? How did he assist her?

8. What was the New School of Social Research known as during the Post WWII era? Why?

9. How was Sheri described in the narrative? What was her appearance like?

10. How did Anatole feel about Greenwich Village when he first settled in there? How did he describe it?

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