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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 thought that Sheri was weird, and she felt that he was ______________.
(a) Cocky.
(b) Righteous.
(c) Ignorant.
(d) Ordinary.

2. What illness led to Saul's death?
(a) Appendicitis.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Lung cancer.
(d) Leukemia.

3. What caused Anatole's mother and Sheri to go flying back in the chair in Chapter 11?
(a) A leg on the chair broke.
(b) Someone broke through the door.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) Sheri pulled the lever.

4. Where was Dylan Thomas born?
(a) Wales.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Spain.
(d) Italy.

5. After hearing cute baby and childhood stories about Anatole, what did Sheri's face reflect in Chapter 11?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Love.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Lady Chatterley's Lover published?

2. According to Anatole's writing, what national feelings followed World War II?

3. 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 ___________.

4. How did Sheri usually sleep with Anatole?

5. Where did Anatole move to in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Anatole question about Sheri's "message" in Chapter 10 when he found her in the middle of the night?

2. What did Saul reveal to Anatole at Prospect Park? On what condition did he speak to him?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Anatole describe ethnic differences in New York in the 1920s? How did this relate to Saul Silverman?

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

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

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