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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. How did Marx support his family financially through most of his life?
(a) He borrowed money and received legacies from family.
(b) He worked as a railway clerk.
(c) He was supported by the government and received a salary for his work.
(d) His writings were an immediate success and provided handsomely for the family.

2. What is the name of Ibsen's wife?
(a) Mary.
(b) Anna.
(c) Eliza.
(d) Suzannah.

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

4. What type of vocation did Marx's family (on both sides) participate in?
(a) They were Talmudic scholars.
(b) They were aristocrats.
(c) They were factory workers from the proletariat class.
(d) They were farmers.

5. What is the name of the person, whom Ibsen based his character of Nora from A Doll's House on?
(a) Laura Kieler.
(b) Kirste Holst.
(c) Hilde Wangel.
(d) Miriam White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ibsen's acknowledged son?

2. What happened to Rousseau's children?

3. Who transcribed Tolstoy's novels for him?

4. How many children did Shelley have?

5. Which benefactress of Rousseau died of malnutrition after he refused to help her in her old age?

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