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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 year was Tolstoy born?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1828.

2. What year did Russell die?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1951.

3. Who would receive Shelley's title of baronet?
(a) His friend Byron.
(b) His cousin William.
(c) His son Percy.
(d) His son Charles.

4. Why did Ibsen claim he liked to be around young women?
(a) He liked to pretend they were his daughters.
(b) He liked to have them about as servants to take care of him.
(c) He was attracted sexually to young girls.
(d) They were muses for his writing.

5. What political approach did Hemingway take in his perspective of the Spanish Civil War?
(a) He wrote with an emphasis on Capitalism.
(b) He supported the Fascist perspective.
(c) He wrote with a republican agenda.
(d) He wrote from the Communist Party line.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hemingway interact with his fellow writers?

2. Which of the following armies did Tolstoy not fight during his tenure with the Russian army?

3. What was the name of Tolstoy's wife?

4. How many children did Shelley have?

5. What religion did Russell believe?

(see the answer key)

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