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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. What refers to a theory of mind and brain positing that the operational principle of the brain is holistic, parallel, and analog, with self-organizing tendencies?

2. How many sessions did Anatole have with the psychoanalyst in Chapter 7?

3. Where was Kafka born?

4. What did Sheri not approve of from Anatole?

5. What kind of store did Anatole purchase in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom did Anatole seek a recommendation from for a psychoanalyst in Chapter 7? Who was recommended to him?

2. What did Anatole purchase in Chapter 4? How did he have money for the purchase?

3. Describe the apartment which Anatole rented from Sheri. What was Sheri's apartment like?

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

5. How did Anatole pay for his college tuition? How did he feel about attaining a degree?

6. How old was Anatole Broyard at the opening of the book? From where had he returned? How was the setting described?

7. Under whom did Anatole study Gestalt psychology and Freudian revisionism at the New School? What were these teachers like?

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

9. How many sessions did Anatole have with a psychoanalyst in Chapter 7? What progress was made?

10. What did Sheri reveal to Anatole about her medical condition in Chapter 5? What was his response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Anatole's feelings about education following the war. What drew him to the New School? How was his military service an asset to him following WWII?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the art historian Meyer Shapiro and his interdisciplinary approach to the study of works of art. How did Anatole and the other students feel about Shapiro as a teacher?

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