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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 hot spot of Spanish Harlem did Delmore and friends head to in Chapter 14?

2. What illness led to Saul's death?

3. When was Maya Deren born?

4. What did Anatole take with him from the empty apartment in Chapter 12?

5. What friend asked Anatole to collaborate on a magazine piece on jazz music in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Anatole relate the sexual morals of the late 1940s in Chapter 17?

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

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

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

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

9. Where did Anatole go after leaving Sheri in Chapter 11? How did he feel about the location?

10. Why did Anatole close his bookstore in Chapter 11? What did he go on to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Anatole's impressions of the customers who frequented his bookstore. What did Anatole criticize about many customers? How was his appreciation for literature different?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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