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

2. What vocation did Rousseau's father have?
(a) He was born an aristocrat.
(b) He was a watchmaker.
(c) He was a politician.
(d) He was a writer.

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

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

5. What poem did Shelley dedicate to his first wife?
(a) The Cenci.
(b) The Bride of Abydos.
(c) Horrid Mysteries.
(d) Queen Mab.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. For which American newspaper did Marx work as a European correspondent for?

5. What was the nickname of Helen Demuth who spent her life working for the Marx family?

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