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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. When was D.H. Lawrence born?
2. Where was Erich Fromm born?
3. What Spanish artist presented the argument that he was more appropriate for Sheri in Chapter 3?
4. What refers to a theory of mind and brain positing that the operational principle of the brain is holistic, parallel, and analog, with self-organizing tendencies?
5. When did Meyer Schapiro's family emigrate to the United States?
Short Essay Questions
1. Sheri explained to Anatole that due to her medical condition she could not do what? How did he assist her?
2. What unsettled Anatole about Sheri when he first moved in? How did the couple get along?
3. What break-through did Anatole experience while seeing a psychoanalyst in Chapter 7?
4. Why did Anatole refrain from attacking Dick in Chapter 3?
5. How did Anatole feel about Greenwich Village when he first settled in there? How did he describe it?
6. How was Sheri described in the narrative? What was her appearance like?
7. Why did Anatole decide to enter psychoanalysis in Chapter 7?
8. What did Anatole purchase in Chapter 4? How did he have money for the purchase?
9. How old was Anatole Broyard at the opening of the book? From where had he returned? How was the setting described?
10. Who later presented the same argument as Dick Gilman in Chapter 3? What was Anatole's reaction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the art historian Meyer Shapiro and his interdisciplinary approach to the study of works of art. How did Anatole and the other students feel about Shapiro as a teacher?
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
Describe and discuss the setting of the memoir. What was the atmosphere in Greenwich Village like in 1946? How did Anatole feel arriving home from the war?
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