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

2. What made Anatole grow faint in Chapter 10?

3. Who helped bring together the book and publication of Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir after Anatole Broyard's death?

4. What had Sheri turned on in the middle of the night in Chapter 10?

5. After Pablito disappeared, his friends sought out the stranger. What did the friends do to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Anatole encounter the writer Dylan Thomas and his wife in Chapter 15?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Describe the life, career, and relationships of Sheri Martinelli. By what other names was Sheri written in other works?

Essay Topic 3

What is the meaning of the title of the book? What was Broyard's association with Franz Kafka?

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