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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. After how long since Saul told Anatole he was dying was he hospitalized and soon died?
(a) Two years.
(b) Twelve hours.
(c) Two months.
(d) A few days.

2. What had Sheri turned on in the middle of the night in Chapter 10?
(a) The vacuum.
(b) The gas stove.
(c) The lights.
(d) The radio.

3. After hearing cute baby and childhood stories about Anatole, what did Sheri's face reflect in Chapter 11?
(a) Love.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Joy.
(d) Sadness.

4. Tropic of Capricorn was a sequel to what earlier work?
(a) Longitudinal Thinking.
(b) Here on the Equator.
(c) Tropic of Cancer.
(d) Change Your Latitude.

5. Where was Dylan Thomas born?
(a) Wales.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anatole's friend Saul was a romantic intellect because he didn't want to change people's politics, but he did want to change their _______________.

2. Anatole's mother slowed her speech when speaking with Sheri because she thought ______________.

3. Where was Maya Deren born?

4. What made Anatole grow faint in Chapter 10?

5. Anatole wrote that in New York in the twenties, ethnic differences weren't ignored but were devoid of ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the upper middle-class girls which Anatole knew grow up reading? How did this impact them romantically?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What story did Anatole relate to Delmore Schwartz in Chapter 14?

8. How did Anatole relate the desires of women in the late 1940s? How did men differ?

9. How were Anatole's and Sheri's experiences of sex described in Chapter 10?

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

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