2. What was the name of Russell's first wife who was a Quaker?
(a) Alys Whitall.
(b) Lady Ottoline.
(c) Dora Johnson.
(d) Beatrice Webb.

3. Why did Waugh dislike his contemporary, Cyril Connolly?
(a) Connolly vacilated back and forth between different political views.
(b) Connolly politicized himself.
(c) Connolly was a superior writer and Waugh was jealous.
(d) Connolly would not take a political position.

4. What desire did Wilson's mother have for him?
(a) She wanted him to become a doctor and save lives.
(b) She wanted him to be an architect.
(c) She wanted him to become a distinguished athete.
(d) She saw his potential and urged him to be a writer.

5. What is the name of the mystery writer with whom Hellman had a long time affair?
(a) Dashiell Hammett.
(b) Fredrick Hudson.
(c) Gore Vidal.
(d) Tom Clancy.

6. How did Brecht die?
(a) He committed suicide.
(b) He suffered a heart attack.
(c) He was in a car accident.
(d) He was executed by a West German sniper.

7. What position did Sartre have during the war?
(a) He was an ambulance driver.
(b) He was a meteorologist.
(c) He was a regular foot soldier.
(d) He was a cook for the POW camp.

8. What caused Brecht to leave Germany in 1933?
(a) He married a woman from Italy.
(b) He was invited to go to Hollywood.
(c) Hitler came to power.
(d) He was offered a position in Russia.

9. What friend did Russell give $3000.00 of stock to during WWII?
(a) Williams Stratchey.
(b) Lady Constance Malleson.
(c) George Santayana.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

10. What about Orwell's lifestyle was unlike other intellectuals or writers?
(a) He lived among the working class.
(b) He was self-educated.
(c) He did not intend to share his writings with the world.
(d) He had another occupation for most of his life.

11. What nickname did Sartre's mother have for him?
(a) Beau.
(b) Poulou.
(c) Petit homme.
(d) Precieuse.

12. What enabled Wilson financially to travel to Russia?
(a) A Guggenheim scholarship.
(b) He won the lottery.
(c) A legacy from his father.
(d) An advance on his next book.

13. What year was Hellman born?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1905.

14. What event caused the breakup of Wilson's marriage to Mary McCarthy?
(a) He was caught having an affair.
(b) He punched his wife and she left him.
(c) He cauth his wife having an affair and left her.
(d) His wife unexpectedly died.

15. What did Hellman use as inspiration for her book, Miss Lonelyhearts?
(a) Information from the classifieds.
(b) She stole the material from another writer.
(c) Conversations she heard in the stairwell of her apartment.
(d) Guests' letters that she secretly opened.