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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 was Anatole unable to open in Chapter 5?

2. Anatole shocked the Spanish artist in Chapter 3 by responding to him in what way?

3. Due to Sheri's medical condition, Anatole was often what in their lovemaking?

4. What medical condition did Sheri tell Anatole she had in Chapter 6?

5. It was speculation that Meyer Schapiro was not as much a fan of modern art as he was of _________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who later presented the same argument as Dick Gilman in Chapter 3? What was Anatole's reaction?

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

4. What did Anatole feel he inherited himself from the works of great literary authors?

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

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

7. What unsettled Anatole about Sheri when he first moved in? How did the couple get along?

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

9. What did Dick Gilman present to Anatole and Sheri one night in Chapter 3? How was Dick described?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Anatole's purchase of a bookstore in 1946. Where was Anatole's bookstore located? How much did he pay for it, and where did he get the money?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Anatole's decision to seek psychoanalysis in the narrative. How common was psychoanalysis in New York during this period? To what school of thought did Schachtel ascribe?

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