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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. Virginia Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of what group?

2. Maya asked Anatole to assist Dylan Thomas by doing what in Chapter 15?

3. Who had given Anatole the painting in Chapter 12?

4. What did Saul think he had initially when he fell ill?

5. Anatole wrote that in New York in the twenties, ethnic differences weren't ignored but were devoid of ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. How were Anatole's and Sheri's experiences of sex described in Chapter 10?

2. What scene took place with Dylan Thomas' wife in Chapter 15?

3. How did Anatole meet Delmore Schwartz? How did he describe him?

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

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

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

7. What story did Delmore relate to Anatole in Chapter 16? What was Anatole's response?

8. How did Anatole describe his friend Saul Silverman in Chapter 13?

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

10. When did Anatole Broyard die? Who assisted in the completion of the book?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the setting of the memoir. What was the atmosphere in Greenwich Village like in 1946? How did Anatole feel arriving home from the war?

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