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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Jean-Paul Sartre: 'A Little Ball of Fur and Ink'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What award did Brecht win in 1922 for being the best young dramatist.
(a) The Quill.
(b) The Kleist Prize.
(c) The Nobel Prize for literature.
(d) The Pulitzer.

2. How many pregnancies did Tolstoy's wife have?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

3. What was the name of Hemingway's fourth wife?
(a) Hadley Richardson.
(b) Pauline Pfeiffer.
(c) Martha Gellhorn.
(d) Mary Welsh.

4. What country was Ibsen born in?
(a) Germany.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Norway.
(d) Switzerland.

5. Where did Russell believe all of the answers to the riddles of the universe could be found?
(a) He believed that most things could not be solved or understood.
(b) In the Bible.
(c) In the human mind.
(d) In observing nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. what was the name of Hemingway's second wife?

2. What was the nickname of Hemingway's son, Jack?

3. How many books did he author?

4. Which benefactress of Rousseau died of malnutrition after he refused to help her in her old age?

5. What was Ibsen's last statement?

(see the answer key)

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