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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. Why did Ibsen claim he liked to be around young women?
(a) He liked to pretend they were his daughters.
(b) They were muses for his writing.
(c) He liked to have them about as servants to take care of him.
(d) He was attracted sexually to young girls.

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

3. What did Brecht request to have done with his remains upon his death?
(a) He wanted to be buried in a steel coffin.
(b) He wanted to be buried at sea.
(c) He wanted to be cremated.
(d) He wanted to be interred in an above ground marble masoleum.

4. What is the name of Ibsen's acknowledged son?
(a) Sigurd.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Dean.
(d) Soren.

5. What was Brecht's first successful play?
(a) Spartakus.
(b) The Mother.
(c) Triumph and Sadness.
(d) The Slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Gollancz die?

2. What year did Gollancz break with the Communist party?

3. What opera had Gollancz seen forty-seven times before the age of twenty-one?

4. What subject did Gollancz teach at Repton?

5. What was Ibsen's last statement?

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