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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. Who was dancing alongside Maya Deren in Chapter 15?
2. Anatole told Delmore and two other colleagues about a night he witnessed what in Spanish Harlem?
3. Whom did Anatole leave the painting with in Chapter 12?
4. Although Anatole admired Delmore's intellectualism and love of the literary, it was almost as though his head was so wrapped up in books that he was unable to accept _____________.
5. Who reported that Anatole stole a painting in Chapter 12?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Anatole meet Delmore Schwartz? How did he describe him?
2. What was Delmore's response to Anatole's story in Chapter 14?
3. How did Anatole relate the desires of women in the late 1940s? How did men differ?
4. What story did Anatole relate to Delmore Schwartz in Chapter 14?
5. How were Anatole's and Sheri's experiences of sex described in Chapter 10?
6. When did Anatole Broyard die? Who assisted in the completion of the book?
7. How did Anatole describe ethnic differences in New York in the 1920s? How did this relate to Saul Silverman?
8. How did Anatole relate the sexual morals of the late 1940s in Chapter 17?
9. Where did Anatole discover Sheri in the middle of the night in Chapter 10?
10. Where did Anatole encounter the writer Dylan Thomas and his wife in Chapter 15?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the introduction of the G.I. Bill and the New School of Social Research. What was the school known for in the 1940s?
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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