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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. Who asked Anatole to come with him to the station in Chapter 12?
(a) Captain Stevens.
(b) Captain Montrose.
(c) Detective Miller.
(d) Detective Scanlon.

2. Where was Maya Deren born?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Ukraine.
(d) Lithuania.

3. When did Anatole attend classes in Chapter 11?
(a) In the afternoons.
(b) In the mornings.
(c) At night.
(d) All day.

4. Maya asked Anatole to assist Dylan Thomas by doing what in Chapter 15?
(a) Sitting on his wife.
(b) Walking his dog.
(c) Fighting a man.
(d) Getting money from a bouncer.

5. What did Anatole take with him from the empty apartment in Chapter 12?
(a) His umbrella.
(b) A painting.
(c) A necklace.
(d) Sheri's coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Anatole know at the end of Chapter 10?

2. Anatole's mother slowed her speech when speaking with Sheri because she thought ______________.

3. When was George Eliot born?

4. Whose apartment did Anatole stop by when no one was home in Chapter 12?

5. What friend asked Anatole to collaborate on a magazine piece on jazz music in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What conversation did Anatole have at the police station in Chapter 12?

3. What was Delmore's response to Anatole's story in Chapter 14?

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

5. What did the upper middle-class girls which Anatole knew grow up reading? How did this impact them romantically?

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

7. How did Anatole meet Delmore Schwartz? How did he describe him?

8. Where did Anatole go after leaving Sheri in Chapter 11? How did he feel about the location?

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

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

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