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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. It was speculation that Meyer Schapiro was not as much a fan of modern art as he was of _________.
(a) The colors that were typically used.
(b) The freaks who enjoyed it.
(c) The archetecture of the museums and galleries.
(d) The debate that accompanied it.

2. Who visited Sheri and Anatole one night and explained that Anatole was completely wrong for Sheri and that he was the right man for her?
(a) Karen Horney.
(b) D.H. Lawrence.
(c) Dick Gilman.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

3. How many sessions did Anatole have with the psychoanalyst in Chapter 7?
(a) 11.
(b) 25.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

4. What did Meyer Shapiro talk more often to than his students?
(a) The floor.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Himself.
(d) His dog.

5. When was Franz Kafka born?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1883.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1881.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Anatole purchase a store in Chapter 4?

2. When was the G.I. Bill introduced?

3. What had Anatole sold to the Japanese while serving with the military?

4. What U.S. President signed in the G.I. Bill?

5. When was Meyer Shapiro's book entitled Vincent van Gogh published?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Sheri do during lovemaking with Anatole in Chapter 8? What was Anatole's reaction?

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

4. How many sessions did Anatole have with a psychoanalyst in Chapter 7? What progress was made?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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