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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. What was the name of Anatole Broyard's father?

2. What did Anatole blurt out before leaving his second psychoanalyst visit in Chapter 7?

3. Sheri sparked Anatole's interest in what subject, despite his feeling of being alienated by it?

4. What class did Meyer Schapiro teach at the New School?

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

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 feel about Greenwich Village when he first settled in there? How did he describe it?

3. How did the students at the New School respond to Meyer Schapiro in class? Why?

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

5. Why did Anatole decide to enter psychoanalysis in Chapter 7?

6. What put off Anatole about some of his customers at the bookstore?

7. How old was Anatole Broyard at the opening of the book? From where had he returned? How was the setting described?

8. Whom did Anatole seek a recommendation from for a psychoanalyst in Chapter 7? Who was recommended to him?

9. What break-through did Anatole experience while seeing a psychoanalyst in Chapter 7?

10. What explanation did Sheri offer for the state of Anatole's apartment? What did he discover about their living arrangement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the life, career and beliefs of Erich Fromm and Gestalt psychology. What were Anatole's experiences studying each? Why did Anatole find Gestalt psychology disappointing?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Freudian revisionist movement and the teachings of Karen Horney at the New School. What did Horney observe about neurotics and why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Anatole's purchase of a bookstore in 1946. Where was Anatole's bookstore located? How much did he pay for it, and where did he get the money?

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