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

2. What happened to Rousseau's children?
(a) They all grew up to be writers.
(b) They all died at birth.
(c) They were adopted by Lord Boswell in England.
(d) He abandoned all of them at orphanages.

3. How many children did Rousseau have with his wife?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

4. 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.

5. Which benefactress of Rousseau died of malnutrition after he refused to help her in her old age?
(a) Madame de Warens.
(b) Mademoiselle Groton.
(c) Madame D'Epinary.
(d) Mademoiselle Lambercier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What University did Marx receive his doctorate from?

2. What is the name of the school mistress who loaned Shelley 100 pounds (her life savings), that was never repaid.

3. How did Marx support his family financially through most of his life?

4. Who would receive Shelley's title of baronet?

5. What vocation did Rousseau's father have?

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