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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. Anatole told whom that he planned on keeping the painting because it was his in Chapter 12?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) Detective Scanlon.
(d) Sheri.

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

3. What did Anatole open before taking Sheri to bed in Chapter 10?
(a) Doors.
(b) The oven.
(c) A book.
(d) Windows.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who helped bring together the book and publication of Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir after Anatole Broyard's death?

3. What did Anatole do with Sheri after her surprise visit in Chapter 11?

4. What friend of Anatole's was described as a great talker in Chapter 13?

5. Anatole wrote that in New York in the twenties, ethnic differences weren't ignored but were devoid of ______.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What scene took place with Dylan Thomas' wife in Chapter 15?

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

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

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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