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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 knocked at Anatole's door in Chapter 12?
(a) Sheri.
(b) His mother.
(c) Doug Hall.
(d) A police detective.

2. To Sheri, sex was an exploration of ____________.
(a) Anatomy.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Sin.
(d) Self.

3. In reality, what did Anatole and Sheri feel for each other?
(a) Love.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Sorrow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Lady Chatterley's Lover?

2. After how long since Saul told Anatole he was dying was he hospitalized and soon died?

3. Anatole related that when Pablito, a ticket taker, would not allow a man in who hadn't paid, the man _________.

4. When was Maya Deren born?

5. When Anatole's friend Saul fell ill, he was working as a literary critic for which publication?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How were Anatole's and Sheri's experiences of sex described in Chapter 10?

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

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

5. Where did Anatole discover Sheri in the middle of the night in Chapter 10?

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

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

8. What was Anatole's reaction to Caitlin Thomas' advances in Chapter 15?

9. How did Anatole describe his friend Saul Silverman in Chapter 13?

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

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