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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Henrik Ibsen: 'On the Contrary'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Shelley's nickname at school?
(a) Scythrop.
(b) The Poet Prophet.
(c) Baron Secrecy.
(d) The Eton atheist.

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

3. What is the name of Marx's daughter, who became a mistress of Edward Aveling?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Helen.
(c) Laura.
(d) Eleanor.

4. What is the name of Rousseau's first novel?
(a) Pensees.
(b) Emile.
(c) La Nouvelle Histoire.
(d) La Nouvelle Heloise.

5. Where was Rousseau born?
(a) Provence.
(b) Zurich.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the name of the book that Marx spent most of his life working on?

5. What 10,000 word essay did Shelley write in 1821 as a statement of social purpose?

(see the answer key)

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