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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Anatole told Delmore and two other colleagues about a night he witnessed what in Spanish Harlem?
(a) An arson.
(b) A murder.
(c) A rape.
(d) A car accident.

2. What did Anatole close as it reminded him too much of Sheri in Chapter 11?
(a) His bakery.
(b) His bookstore.
(c) His bank account.
(d) His heart.

3. What term refers to the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods?
(a) Postmodern.
(b) Extremist.
(c) Avant-garde.
(d) Existentialist.

4. Along with Truman Capote, Joan Didion, Hunter S. Thompson, John McPhee, and Tom Wolfe, Mailer is considered an innovator of what genre?
(a) Ironic fairytales.
(b) Action fiction.
(c) Creative nonfiction.
(d) Fictitious nonfiction.

5. In what year did Anatole purchase a store in Chapter 4?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1946.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What U.S. President signed in the G.I. Bill?

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

4. To what neighborhood did Anatole Broyard move after he returned from the war?

5. What was Meyer Schapiro's political association?

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