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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. How did Wilson regard women?
(a) He was somewhat fearful of them.
(b) He saw women as incapable darlings.
(c) He adored and worshipped women.
(d) He was completely indifferent towards women and saw them only as objects.

2. What color was Wilson's hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Brown.

3. What was the name of Hellman's play that dealt with strikes and was a disaster?
(a) Days to Come.
(b) The LIttle Foxes.
(c) Largo.
(d) Circa.

4. How many siblings did Sartre have?
(a) 1.
(b) 9.
(c) He was an only child.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these was not written by Brecht?

2. How many wives did Wilson have?

3. After Gollancz broke with the Communist, which party did he begin to support?

4. What was the name of Russell's fourth wife?

5. Which author began to correspond with Orwell and visited him in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Orwell think of fellow intellectuals in comparison to the poor?

2. What activity of Russell's resulted in a mock War Crimes Tribunal held in Stockholm?

3. What importance did Sartre place upon literature and letters?

4. Why does Johnson believe that Gollancz is an important intellectual if he did not give birth to a salient idea himself?

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

6. How did Hellman view her father?

7. Describe Jean-Paul Sartre's appearance.

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

9. What event caused Orwell to realize that the left was capable of injustice and cruelty of kind almost unknown?

10. How did Gollancz typically make his agreements with authors?

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