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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. How many siblings did Ibsen have?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) He was an only child.

2. Who did Tolstoy correspond with frequently in his old age, offering his opinions on every subject?
(a) Many serfs from his childhood home.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) The pope.
(d) Heads of state.

3. What year did Tolstoy die?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1922.

4. What caused Hemingway to lose interest in his affair with Jane Mason?
(a) She was unwilling to live in a 'menage a trois' with his wife.
(b) She gained a lot of weight.
(c) She tried to commit suicide and broke her back.
(d) She tried to convince him to sober up.

5. What was the name of Hemingway's third wife?
(a) Pauline Pfeiffer.
(b) Hadley Richardson.
(c) Martha Gellhorn.
(d) Mary Welsh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel did Shelley's wife Mary author?

2. What was the name of the American philosophy graduate who became Russell's secretary?

3. What was the name of Russell's first wife who was a Quaker?

4. What was the nickname of Hemingway's son, Jack?

5. What mistress of Shelley's would live to be over eighty and inspire Henry James's story, The Aspern Papers?

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