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

2. What award did Brecht win in 1922 for being the best young dramatist.
(a) The Pulitzer.
(b) The Kleist Prize.
(c) The Nobel Prize for literature.
(d) The Quill.

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

4. Which of the following is not a play penned by Ibsen?
(a) St. John's Night.
(b) The Priest.
(c) The Warrior's Barrow.
(d) Lady Ingar of Ostraat.

5. How did Ibsen feel about dogs?
(a) He was deathly afraid of them.
(b) He was indifferent to animals in general.
(c) He adored dogs and had several as pets.
(d) The barking of dogs gave him headaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ibsen's wife?

2. What political cause did Gollancz successfully campaign for that was close to his heart?

3. What was Brecht's first Marxist work that was produced in 1930?

4. What honor did Gollancz receive in 1945?

5. What was Brecht's first successful play?

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