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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 Anatole had asked Sheri what a painting meant to her after she finished it, she told him that he'd never be a man until he could live without ___________.
(a) Regrets.
(b) Pride.
(c) Sin.
(d) Explanations.

2. Who had given Anatole the painting in Chapter 12?
(a) Eleanora Derenkowsky.
(b) Saul Silverman.
(c) Sheri.
(d) Detective Scanlon.

3. When was Tropic of Capricorn first published?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1928.

4. What did Anatole do after Sheri went flailing in the chair in Chapter 11?
(a) Laughed.
(b) Yelled.
(c) Picked her up.
(d) Watched her squirm.

5. Anatole wrote that in New York in the twenties, ethnic differences weren't ignored but were devoid of ______.
(a) Negativity.
(b) Analysis.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Criticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. After hearing cute baby and childhood stories about Anatole, what did Sheri's face reflect in Chapter 11?

2. What made Anatole grow faint in Chapter 10?

3. Anatole told whom that he planned on keeping the painting because it was his in Chapter 12?

4. In reality, what did Anatole and Sheri feel for each other?

5. Who knocked at Anatole's door in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Anatole discover Sheri after leaving class in Chapter 11? What was his reaction?

2. What story did Anatole relate to Delmore Schwartz in Chapter 14?

3. Who arrived at Anatole's door in Chapter 12? Why?

4. Where did Anatole encounter the writer Dylan Thomas and his wife in Chapter 15?

5. Where did Anatole move after leaving his parents' home in Chapter 12? How did he feel about the move?

6. Why did Anatole close his bookstore in Chapter 11? What did he go on to do?

7. What story did Delmore relate to Anatole in Chapter 16? What was Anatole's response?

8. How did Anatole relate the sexual morals of the late 1940s in Chapter 17?

9. What did Anatole not know about his friend Saul?

10. How did Anatole relate the desires of women in the late 1940s? How did men differ?

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