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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Saul tell Anatole he was dying?
(a) A church.
(b) The hospital.
(c) Prospect Park.
(d) His house.

2. Who was dancing alongside Maya Deren in Chapter 15?
(a) Caitlin Thomas.
(b) Alexandra Broyard.
(c) D.H. Lawrence.
(d) Detective Scanlon.

3. What did Anatole know at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Who he was.
(b) Freud was right.
(c) It was time to leave Sheri.
(d) There was a God.

4. What caused Anatole's mother and Sheri to go flying back in the chair in Chapter 11?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) Someone broke through the door.
(c) A leg on the chair broke.
(d) Sheri pulled the lever.

5. What hot spot of Spanish Harlem did Delmore and friends head to in Chapter 14?
(a) The library.
(b) The Park Plaza.
(c) Rico's taco's.
(d) Little Havana.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anatole's friend Saul fell ill, he was working as a literary critic for which publication?

2. How did Sheri usually sleep with Anatole?

3. Where did Anatole find Sheri one night in Chapter 10?

4. To Sheri, sex was an exploration of ____________.

5. When was Ernest Hemingway born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What was Anatole's reaction to Caitlin Thomas' advances in Chapter 15?

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 encounter the writer Dylan Thomas and his wife in Chapter 15?

10. What was Delmore's response to Anatole's story in Chapter 14?

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