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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 made Anatole grow faint in Chapter 10?

2. In reality, what did Anatole and Sheri feel for each other?

3. What did Anatole turn off after finding Sheri in the middle of the night in Chapter 10?

4. What friend of Anatole's was described as a great talker in Chapter 13?

5. When was Maya Deren born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the artist Nemiceio Zanarte and his relationship to Sheri and Anatole in the narrative. Why did Zanarte present a case for Anatole to give Sheri her freedom?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the early childhood of Anatole Broyard and his family history. Where was Broyard born? When did his family move to Brooklyn and why? How did Anatole feel about Greenwich Village?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Anatole's purchase of a bookstore in 1946. Where was Anatole's bookstore located? How much did he pay for it, and where did he get the money?

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