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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 Meyer Schapiro born?
(a) Lithuania.
(b) Russia.
(c) Poland.
(d) Mongolia.

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

3. Whom did Anais Nin consider to be one of her disciples?
(a) Erich Fromm.
(b) Sheri Donatti.
(c) Anatole Broyard.
(d) Dick Gilman.

4. For how much had Anatole bought out a junk dealer in Chapter 4?
(a) $300.
(b) $150.
(c) $200.
(d) $100.

5. Sheri's apartment consisted of how many rooms?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sheri do while making love to Anatole in Chapter 8?

2. Where did Anatole's parents live after he returned from the war?

3. What did Anatole study in order to become closer to Sheri?

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

5. Karen Horney became enraged when a student in her class asked her about ___________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who later presented the same argument as Dick Gilman in Chapter 3? What was Anatole's reaction?

3. What did Sheri reveal to Anatole about her medical condition in Chapter 5? What was his response?

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

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

6. What was speculated about Meyer Schapiro's feelings of modern art? How did he appear to his students?

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

8. What fields of specialization is the New School renown for?

9. How did the students at the New School respond to Meyer Schapiro in class? Why?

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

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