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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What play did Hellman write in the 1960s that was a big success?
(a) Thirty-nine Steps.
(b) The Seeker.
(c) Evermore.
(d) Toys in the Attic.

2. What is the autobiography penned by Sartre?
(a) Rouge.
(b) Les Mots.
(c) La Vie.
(d) C'est la.

3. Which of the following was not a title of a volume of Hellman's autobiography?
(a) Pentimento.
(b) An Unfinished Woman.
(c) A Spark of Life.
(d) Scoundrel Time.

4. Which political party did Bertolt Brecht faithfully serve?
(a) The Communist Party.
(b) The Nazi Party.
(c) The Nationalist Party.
(d) The Eastern Democratic Party.

5. Why did Hellman owe almost two hundred thousand dollars to the government in 1952?
(a) She had neglected to pay income tax for several years.
(b) She had been fined for her political involvement with the Communist Party.
(c) She had never paid fees associated with her copyrights for her works.
(d) She was fined the amount in alternative for serving jail time for a felony she committed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hellman use as inspiration for her book, Miss Lonelyhearts?

2. What year did Brecht die?

3. What was the name of the progressive school that Russell set up?

4. What type of contact did Hellman have with the workers?

5. What enabled Wilson financially to travel to Russia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Brecht's childhood.

2. Why does Johnson describe Russell as being detached from physical reality?

3. Why was Hellman blacklisted from Hollywood in 1948?

4. According to Johnson, what did Orwell believe about what force had the power to shape the world.

5. Describe the uniform Brecht devised for himself in developing of his persona.

6. How did Hellman view her mother?

7. Why did Bertrand Russell write so much?

8. What type of relationships did Gollancz have with people from the working class?

9. How does Johnson describe Wilson's writings?

10. Describe Orwell's appearance.

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