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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 ancient languages did Shelley attain great fluency in at Eton?
(a) Latin and Greek.
(b) Greek and Hebrew.
(c) Hebrew and Sanskrit.
(d) Latin and Egyptian.

2. What year was Shelley born?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1792.
(c) 1763.
(d) 1811.

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

4. What is the name of the school mistress who loaned Shelley 100 pounds (her life savings), that was never repaid.
(a) Harriet Gogg.
(b) Elizabeth Hitchener.
(c) Fanny Imlay.
(d) Claire Clairmont.

5. When Marx could not find an academic position after receiving his doctorate, what type of work did begin?
(a) He because a privat tutor.
(b) He became a librarian.
(c) He became a journalist.
(d) He became a factory foreman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to Rousseau's children?

3. What poem did Shelley dedicate to his first wife?

4. Where is Rousseau buried?

5. What type of vocation did Marx's family (on both sides) participate in?

(see the answer key)

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