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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Anatole Broyard's father?
(a) Paul Anatole Broyard.
(b) Carl Anatole Broyard.
(c) Dick Anatole Broyard.
(d) Otto Anatole Broyard.

2. On one occasion, Sheri and Anatole were so stimulated by Schapiro's lecture on whom that they ran to the roof of the school and made love in the dusky sundown?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Rembrandt.
(d) Van Gogh.

3. Sheri sparked Anatole's interest in what subject, despite his feeling of being alienated by it?
(a) Greek history.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Modern art.
(d) Mathematics.

4. For what publication was Anatole a literary critic?
(a) The Miami Herald.
(b) The L.A. Times.
(c) The Chicago Tribune.
(d) The New York Times.

5. Erich Fromm was known to criticize his students for not accepting what aspect of freedom?
(a) Anguish.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Death.
(d) Bravery.

6. Not much progress was realized in his sessions with the psychoanalyst because Anatole could never _________.
(a) Listen to the psychoanalyst.
(b) Let down his defenses.
(c) Tell the truth.
(d) Accept who he was.

7. What was Meyer Schapiro's political association?
(a) Marxist.
(b) Torrey.
(c) Communist.
(d) Whig.

8. When was Meyer Schapiro born?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1900.

9. Who was quoted as saying, "A good book review is an act of seduction, and when he [Broyard] did it there was no one better"?
(a) Erich Fromm.
(b) John Leonard.
(c) Meyer Schapiro.
(d) Ernest Schachtel.

10. What Spanish artist presented the argument that he was more appropriate for Sheri in Chapter 3?
(a) Nemiceio Zanarte.
(b) Diego Velázquez.
(c) Joaquin Sorolla.
(d) Francisco Goya.

11. It was speculation that Meyer Schapiro was not as much a fan of modern art as he was of _________.
(a) The colors that were typically used.
(b) The freaks who enjoyed it.
(c) The debate that accompanied it.
(d) The archetecture of the museums and galleries.

12. When was Meyer Shapiro's book entitled Vincent van Gogh published?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1960.

13. On his third visit to the psychoanalyst in Chapter 7, Anatole offered that although he'd been transfigured by love, it hadn't lived up to _________.
(a) It's publicity.
(b) It's promises.
(c) It's potential.
(d) It's abilities.

14. Anais Nin was briefly a patient of what famed psychoanalyst?
(a) Sigmund Freud.
(b) Erich Fromm.
(c) Alfred Binet.
(d) Carl Jung.

15. It became apparent to Anatole in Chapter 3 that who had put the Spanish artist up to presenting his diatribe?
(a) Dick Gilman.
(b) D.H. Lawrence.
(c) Paul Anatole Broyard.
(d) Sheri.

Short Answer Questions

1. What overwhelmed the kitchen in the apartment Anatole took after the war?

2. How old was Anatole Broyard when he finished serving in World War II?

3. It unnerved Anatole that Sheri never wore ___________.

4. Who recommended a psychoanalyst to Anatole in Chapter 7?

5. What was the name of Anatole Broyard's first wife?

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