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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Karl Marx: 'Howling Gigantic Curses'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For which American newspaper did Marx work as a European correspondent for?
(a) The New York Daily Tribune.
(b) The Guardian.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Washington Post.

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

3. What was the nickname of Helen Demuth who spent her life working for the Marx family?
(a) Lenchen.
(b) Dogga.
(c) Heddy.
(d) Grava.

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

5. What mistress of Shelley's would live to be over eighty and inspire Henry James's story, The Aspern Papers?
(a) Beth Owen.
(b) Claire Clairmont.
(c) Mary Hoppner.
(d) Elena Goodwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Rousseau's children?

2. Which contemporary of Rousseau's wrote an attack on him called Le Sentiment des Citoyens?

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

4. What young woman was a laundress and agreed to become Rousseau's mistress on a permanent basis?

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

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