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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 did Anatole attend classes in Chapter 11?

2. Where was Dylan Thomas born?

3. Where did Anatole move to in Chapter 12?

4. When was Dylan Thomas born?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to Sheri flying out of a chair in Chapter 11? What did Anatole do?

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

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

4. What was Delmore's response to Anatole's story in Chapter 14?

5. What story did Anatole relate to Delmore Schwartz in Chapter 14?

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

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

8. What did Anatole not know about his friend Saul?

9. What did the upper middle-class girls which Anatole knew grow up reading? How did this impact them romantically?

10. What did Anatole stop to pick up at Sheri's apartment in Chapter 12? What did he take with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 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?

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