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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Henrik Ibsen: 'On the Contrary'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Marx support his family financially through most of his life?
(a) He borrowed money and received legacies from family.
(b) He was supported by the government and received a salary for his work.
(c) He worked as a railway clerk.
(d) His writings were an immediate success and provided handsomely for the family.

2. Who would receive Shelley's title of baronet?
(a) His cousin William.
(b) His son Charles.
(c) His son Percy.
(d) His friend Byron.

3. Why did Ibsen claim he liked to be around young women?
(a) He was attracted sexually to young girls.
(b) They were muses for his writing.
(c) He liked to pretend they were his daughters.
(d) He liked to have them about as servants to take care of him.

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

5. What was Ibsen's last statement?
(a) I will sleep peacefully.
(b) I have conquered.
(c) No thank you.
(d) On the contrary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the partner, with whom Marx co-authored many of his works?

2. What poem did Shelley dedicate to his first wife?

3. What is the name of Ibsen's acknowledged son?

4. What mistress of Shelley's would live to be over eighty and inspire Henry James's story, The Aspern Papers?

5. What is the name of the school mistress who loaned Shelley 100 pounds (her life savings), that was never repaid.

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