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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. Who did Brecht leave rights to his works to in his will?
(a) He left everything to his wife.
(b) He left half of his oeuvre to the Communist Party and half to his wife.
(c) He left his estate to his illegimate children and left out his wife.
(d) He left different works to four women.

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

3. What venture did Gollancz start to counter the unwillingness of booksellers to stock ultra-left propaganda?
(a) The Daily Worker.
(b) The CP Serial.
(c) The Canterbury Monthly.
(d) The Left Book Club.

4. 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.

5. What foreign country did Gollancz live in briefly while working for the Ministry of Food?
(a) India.
(b) China.
(c) Japan.
(d) Singapore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the person, whom Ibsen based his character of Nora from A Doll's House on?

2. What country was Ibsen born in?

3. Which of the following is not a play penned by Ibsen?

4. What subject did Gollancz teach at Repton?

5. What was Brecht's first successful play?

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