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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Lies, Dammed Lies and Lillian Hellman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Brecht request to have done with his remains upon his death?
(a) He wanted to be buried at sea.
(b) He wanted to be buried in a steel coffin.
(c) He wanted to be interred in an above ground marble masoleum.
(d) He wanted to be cremated.

2. What movement did Ralph Waldo Emerson found?
(a) Transcendentalism.
(b) New Nationalism.
(c) Enviornmentalism.
(d) Naturalism.

3. What year did Gollancz break with the Communist party?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1953.

4. What young woman was a laundress and agreed to become Rousseau's mistress on a permanent basis?
(a) Madame d'Epinay.
(b) Therese Levasseur.
(c) Madame Melchior.
(d) Joan MacDonald.

5. What caused Hemingway to lose interest in his affair with Jane Mason?
(a) She tried to convince him to sober up.
(b) She tried to commit suicide and broke her back.
(c) She was unwilling to live in a 'menage a trois' with his wife.
(d) She gained a lot of weight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who transcribed Tolstoy's novels for him?

2. What was the nickname of Hemingway's son, Jack?

3. What was Ibsen's first literary success?

4. What was the name of Hellman's play that dealt with strikes and was a disaster?

5. What year was Shelley born?

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