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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 did Anatole turn off after finding Sheri in the middle of the night in Chapter 10?

2. Where did Saul tell Anatole he was dying?

3. Anatole related that when Pablito, a ticket taker, would not allow a man in who hadn't paid, the man _________.

4. What did Anatole find Sheri doing with his mother in Chapter 11?

5. Who asked Anatole to come with him to the station in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Anatole question about Sheri's "message" in Chapter 10 when he found her in the middle of the night?

2. What was Anatole's reaction to Caitlin Thomas' advances in Chapter 15?

3. How did Anatole explain the undercurrent of his and Sheri's relationship in Chapter 10?

4. Where did Anatole move after leaving his parents' home in Chapter 12? How did he feel about the move?

5. What did Saul reveal to Anatole at Prospect Park? On what condition did he speak to him?

6. What had happened once Pablito returned in Anatole's story in Chapter 14?

7. Where did Anatole discover Sheri after leaving class in Chapter 11? What was his reaction?

8. Who arrived at Anatole's door in Chapter 12? Why?

9. How did Anatole describe ethnic differences in New York in the 1920s? How did this relate to Saul Silverman?

10. Where did Anatole discover Sheri in the middle of the night in Chapter 10?

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

Discuss Anatole's decision to seek psychoanalysis in the narrative. How common was psychoanalysis in New York during this period? To what school of thought did Schachtel ascribe?

Essay Topic 3

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

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