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

2. What was the name of Tolstoy's wife?
(a) Aksinya.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Valerya.
(d) Anna.

3. How did Marx's daughter Laura die?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Throat cancer.
(c) She died in childbirth.
(d) Suicide.

4. What 10,000 word essay did Shelley write in 1821 as a statement of social purpose?
(a) The Revolt of Islam.
(b) Ode to Poetry.
(c) A Defense of Poetry.
(d) Ode to the Tyrant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Marx's wife?

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

3. What was Shelley's nickname at school?

4. What religion did Ibsen follow?

5. How many pregnancies did Tolstoy's wife have?

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