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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. Where was D.H. Lawrence born?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) Poland.

2. What school did Anatole attend after returning from World War II?
(a) The Old School for Social Reform.
(b) Yale University.
(c) The New School for Social Research.
(d) Cambridge University.

3. To what neighborhood did Anatole Broyard move after he returned from the war?
(a) Bedford Stuyvesant.
(b) Greenwich Village.
(c) Park Slope.
(d) Upper East Side.

4. For what publication was Anatole a literary critic?
(a) The Chicago Tribune.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Miami Herald.
(d) The L.A. Times.

5. Why was Anatole late to his second psychoanalyst visit in Chapter 7?
(a) He got lost in a good book.
(b) He was making love to Sheri.
(c) He forgot.
(d) He hurt himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sheri not approve of from Anatole?

2. Where was Meyer Schapiro born?

3. Anatole shocked the Spanish artist in Chapter 3 by responding to him in what way?

4. Where was Friedrich Nietzsche born?

5. Who was quoted as saying, "A good book review is an act of seduction, and when he [Broyard] did it there was no one better"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What led Anatole to suspect Dick Gilman had been reading Nietzsche in Chapter 3?

5. Describe the apartment which Anatole rented from Sheri. What was Sheri's apartment like?

6. What did Anatole purchase in Chapter 4? How did he have money for the purchase?

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

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

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

10. Under whom did Anatole study Gestalt psychology and Freudian revisionism at the New School? What were these teachers like?

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