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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Bertrand Russell: A case of Logical Fiddlesticks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the US Ambassador that gave him a job to look out for German U-boats?
(a) Don Passos.
(b) Spruille braden.
(c) Robert Jordan.
(d) Art Duran.

2. What was Shelley's nickname at school?
(a) The Eton atheist.
(b) Scythrop.
(c) The Poet Prophet.
(d) Baron Secrecy.

3. What year did Tolstoy die?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1867.

4. How did Shelley die?
(a) He drowned.
(b) He overdosed on opium.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He suffered a heart attack.

5. What was the name of Russell's fourth wife?
(a) Edith Finch.
(b) Dora Black.
(c) Katherine Perkins.
(d) Alys Jane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ancient languages did Shelley attain great fluency in at Eton?

2. What was the name of Hemingway's first wife?

3. What was the name of Russell's first wife who was a Quaker?

4. How did Ibsen pay for his university education?

5. What other Intellectual influenced Tolstoy in his youth?

(see the answer key)

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