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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Tolstoy: God's Elder Brother.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What ancient languages did Shelley attain great fluency in at Eton?
(a) Latin and Egyptian.
(b) Hebrew and Sanskrit.
(c) Greek and Hebrew.
(d) Latin and Greek.

3. What vices appealed to Tolstoy the most?
(a) Drinking and hunting.
(b) Lying and forging.
(c) Drugs and alcohol.
(d) Women and gambling.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Rousseau's dog?

2. How did Marx's daughter Laura die?

3. What poem did Shelley dedicate to his first wife?

4. What is the name of Marx's daughter, who became a mistress of Edward Aveling?

5. What was Shelley's nickname at school?

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