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

2. What was the name of Sartre's longtime mistress?
(a) Emilie Pleiade.
(b) Simone de Beauvois.
(c) Louise Malraux.
(d) Gertrude Stein.

3. What was the name of Gollancz'a wife?
(a) Esther.
(b) Sybil.
(c) Hilary.
(d) Ruth.

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

5. What was the name of the first publishing firm that Gollancz worked for?
(a) Benn Brothers.
(b) Gramercy.
(c) Schuster and Simon.
(d) Easton Press.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was Wilson's hair?

2. How did Wilson's second wife die?

3. Where did Russell believe all of the answers to the riddles of the universe could be found?

4. What was the name of Hellman's first hit play?

5. How tall was Sartre?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Gollancz prefer to hire female employees?

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

6. How did Sartre feel towards America?

7. How does Johnson describe Wilson's writings?

8. What business arrangements did Brecht make for himself in 1949 that gave him artistic freedom as well as great revenue?

9. Briefly describe the life of Dashiell Hammett, Hellman's long time lover.

10. After Wilson's visit to Russia, what were his impressions of the country and people on his return home?

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