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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Bertrand Russell: A case of Logical Fiddlesticks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What friend did Russell give $3000.00 of stock to during WWII?
(a) George Santayana.
(b) Williams Stratchey.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Lady Constance Malleson.

2. What mistress of Shelley's would live to be over eighty and inspire Henry James's story, The Aspern Papers?
(a) Claire Clairmont.
(b) Elena Goodwin.
(c) Beth Owen.
(d) Mary Hoppner.

3. What 10,000 word essay did Shelley write in 1821 as a statement of social purpose?
(a) A Defense of Poetry.
(b) Ode to Poetry.
(c) Ode to the Tyrant.
(d) The Revolt of Islam.

4. How did Hemingway interact with his fellow writers?
(a) He was indifferent towards other writers and did not have much interaction with them.
(b) He bitterly quarreled with all of them except Ezra Pound.
(c) He mentored many writers and took pains to help other develop their writing voice.
(d) He was close friends with many writers and corresponded with them frequently.

5. Where did Russell believe all of the answers to the riddles of the universe could be found?
(a) In observing nature.
(b) He believed that most things could not be solved or understood.
(c) In the Bible.
(d) In the human mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Tolstoy born?

2. What year was Shelley born?

3. What was the name of the progressive school that Russell set up?

4. What country was Ibsen born in?

5. What caused Hemingway to lose interest in his affair with Jane Mason?

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