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

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

3. What is the name of Ibsen's wife?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Mary.
(c) Suzannah.
(d) Anna.

4. Which of these was not written by Brecht?
(a) The Trail of Lucullus.
(b) Mother Courage.
(c) Rape of the Sabine women.
(d) The Life of Galileo.

5. What subject did Gollancz teach at Repton?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) French.
(c) History.
(d) Classics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What award did Brecht win in 1922 for being the best young dramatist.

4. Who opened Gollancz'a papers for inspection?

5. How was Brecht's work received in the United States?

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