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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Troubled Conscience of Victor Gollancz.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hemingway die?
(a) He drowned while deep sea fishing.
(b) He died of natural causes.
(c) He was in a plane accident.
(d) He committed suicide.

2. What year did Sartre die?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1972.

3. How did Hemingway feel about the media, including photo-calls and interviews?
(a) He was incredibly introverted and avoided the media.
(b) He actively pursued photo-calls and interviews and loved the media.
(c) He would give interviews, but would not allow his photo to be taken.
(d) He was indifferent to the media and would occasionally give interviews or photo-calls, but not frequently.

4. What was the name of the American philosophy graduate who became Russell's secretary?
(a) Arthur Koestler.
(b) Harold Earkin.
(c) Ralph Schoenman.
(d) Philip Wise.

5. What political approach did Hemingway take in his perspective of the Spanish Civil War?
(a) He wrote with an emphasis on Capitalism.
(b) He wrote with a republican agenda.
(c) He supported the Fascist perspective.
(d) He wrote from the Communist Party line.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Brecht's wife?

2. What position did Sartre take after he was released from being a POW?

3. What color was Wilson's hair?

4. What event caused the breakup of Wilson's marriage to Mary McCarthy?

5. What position did Sartre have during the war?

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