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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, what did Anatole attempt to take back?

2. What was Anatole unable to open in Chapter 5?

3. It was speculation that Meyer Schapiro was not as much a fan of modern art as he was of _________.

4. When was Franz Kafka born?

5. What was the name of Anatole Broyard's mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What unsettled Anatole about Sheri when he first moved in? How did the couple get along?

3. Under what famed psychologist did Anatole study at the New School? How did students feel about this instructor?

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

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

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

7. What caused Karen Horney to become enraged during a lecture in Chapter 2? What did this make Anatole later realize?

8. Describe the apartment which Anatole rented from Sheri. What was Sheri's apartment like?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the literary world in which Anatole was associated. What writers emerged from the New School during his time there? What authors were predominant in literary circles and why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the events in Chapter 10 which led to Anatole's decision to leave Sheri. Why did Anatole perceive Sheri would have wanted to commit suicide? Why did he feel that leaving was the best thing?

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