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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. Whom did Anais Nin consider to be one of her disciples?

2. With whom had Anais Nin once lived with in France?

3. What was Anatole's college known as because many of its professors had fled from Europe to escape Hitler and Nazism?

4. When was Anatole Broyard born?

5. After learning of Sheri's medical condition, what did Anatole often do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Sheri explained to Anatole that due to her medical condition she could not do what? How did he assist her?

2. How did Anatole feel about Greenwich Village when he first settled in there? How did he describe it?

3. How did Anatole meet Anais Nin? How did he describe her?

4. How did Anatole feel going into a modern art class with Meyer Schapiro?

5. Why did Anatole refrain from attacking Dick in Chapter 3?

6. What put off Anatole about some of his customers at the bookstore?

7. What did Sheri do during lovemaking with Anatole in Chapter 8? What was Anatole's reaction?

8. How did Anatole describe 1946 in terms of people's relationship to literature?

9. What led Anatole to suspect Dick Gilman had been reading Nietzsche in Chapter 3?

10. Under what famed psychologist did Anatole study at the New School? How did students feel about this instructor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the life, career and beliefs of Erich Fromm and Gestalt psychology. What were Anatole's experiences studying each? Why did Anatole find Gestalt psychology disappointing?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the artist Sheri Donatti and her relationship with Anatole Broyard. How old was Sheri when they met? How did Anatole describe her appearance and personality?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Freudian revisionist movement and the teachings of Karen Horney at the New School. What did Horney observe about neurotics and why?

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