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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. On his third visit to the psychoanalyst in Chapter 7, Anatole offered that although he'd been transfigured by love, it hadn't lived up to _________.

2. In Chapter 3, a Spanish artist presented Anatole with the fact that he and Sheri were not _____________.

3. What did Sheri do while making love to Anatole in Chapter 8?

4. When was Anais Nin born?

5. Erich Fromm was associated with what school of thought?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sheri reveal to Anatole about her medical condition in Chapter 5? What was his response?

2. How did Anatole pay for his college tuition? How did he feel about attaining a degree?

3. What did Sheri do during lovemaking with Anatole in Chapter 8? What was Anatole's reaction?

4. What did Dick Gilman present to Anatole and Sheri one night in Chapter 3? How was Dick described?

5. What fields of specialization is the New School renown for?

6. How was Anatole humiliated when Anais Nin offered him a wine bottle to open?

7. How did Anatole describe 1946 in terms of people's relationship to literature?

8. Why did Anatole refrain from attacking Dick in Chapter 3?

9. How was Sheri described in the narrative? What was her appearance like?

10. What led Anatole to suspect Dick Gilman had been reading Nietzsche in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the intimate aspects of Anatole and Sheri's relationship. How did Anatole define sexual intimacy for himself? How did Sheri's views of sexuality differ?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the life, career, and relationships of Sheri Martinelli. By what other names was Sheri written in other works?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the early childhood of Anatole Broyard and his family history. Where was Broyard born? When did his family move to Brooklyn and why? How did Anatole feel about Greenwich Village?

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