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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 was George Eliot born?

2. Anatole told whom that he planned on keeping the painting because it was his in Chapter 12?

3. When was Ernest Hemingway born?

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

5. What was Anatole's religion in childhood?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What conversation did Anatole have at the police station in Chapter 12?

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

How had Anatole's experiences in the military changed him? In what ways did Anatole "hide" his African American heritage? Why?

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