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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 Erich Fromm an opponent of, which he considered an apt description of the lives of most Americans?
2. When was Franz Kafka born?
3. What was the name of Anatole Broyard's father?
4. When was Karen Horney born?
5. It became apparent to Anatole in Chapter 3 that who had put the Spanish artist up to presenting his diatribe?
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. Whom did Anatole seek a recommendation from for a psychoanalyst in Chapter 7? Who was recommended to him?
3. What explanation did Sheri offer for the state of Anatole's apartment? What did he discover about their living arrangement?
4. How did Anatole describe 1946 in terms of people's relationship to literature?
5. Under whom did Anatole study Gestalt psychology and Freudian revisionism at the New School? What were these teachers like?
6. What was speculated about Meyer Schapiro's feelings of modern art? How did he appear to his students?
7. How many sessions did Anatole have with a psychoanalyst in Chapter 7? What progress was made?
8. How did Anatole feel about Greenwich Village when he first settled in there? How did he describe it?
9. What did Anatole purchase in Chapter 4? How did he have money for the purchase?
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 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 artist Sheri Donatti and her relationship with Anatole Broyard. How old was Sheri when they met? How did Anatole describe her appearance and personality?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Anais Nin, Henry Miller, Carl Jung and Otto Rank. How had Miller and Nin known one another? How did Sheri know Nin?
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