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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. 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.

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

3. What year did Gollancz break with the Communist party?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1938.

4. What honor did Gollancz receive in 1945?
(a) He was elected to parliament.
(b) A Knighthood.
(c) The Nobel Prize.
(d) The Golden Seal, a publishers award.

5. What is the name of the person, whom Ibsen based his character of Nora from A Doll's House on?
(a) Hilde Wangel.
(b) Miriam White.
(c) Kirste Holst.
(d) Laura Kieler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these was not written by Brecht?

2. What caused Brecht to leave Germany in 1933?

3. What was Ibsen's first literary success?

4. Who did Brecht leave rights to his works to in his will?

5. What year did Gollancz die?

(see the answer key)

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