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

2. How many pregnancies did Tolstoy's wife have?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

3. 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.

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

5. How many drafts of War and Peace did Tolstoy write?
(a) 2.
(b) 13.
(c) 1.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Ibsen's last statement?

3. What was the name of the estate that Tolstoy inherited from his mother?

4. What is the name of the partner, with whom Marx co-authored many of his works?

5. Where is Rousseau buried?

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