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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. What novel did Shelley's wife Mary author?
(a) Frankenstein.
(b) Silas Marner.
(c) Northanger Abby.
(d) Pocession.

2. How many children did Shelley have?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) He had no children.

3. How did Rousseau first become known?
(a) He published a novel.
(b) He was distinguished as a soldier.
(c) He won an essay competition.
(d) He was elected as mayor of his city.

4. What University did Marx receive his doctorate from?
(a) Berlin University.
(b) Bonn University.
(c) Sorbonne University.
(d) Oxford University.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What vocation did Rousseau's father have?

4. In what year did Marx write the Communist Manifesto?

5. What work did Rousseau write that was autobiographical?

(see the answer key)

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