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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Deep Waters of Ernest Hemingway, pgs. 138-155.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What 10,000 word essay did Shelley write in 1821 as a statement of social purpose?
(a) Ode to the Tyrant.
(b) A Defense of Poetry.
(c) The Revolt of Islam.
(d) Ode to Poetry.

2. What was the name of Tolstoy's wife?
(a) Valerya.
(b) Anna.
(c) Aksinya.
(d) Sonya.

3. How did Marx support his family financially through most of his life?
(a) He was supported by the government and received a salary for his work.
(b) His writings were an immediate success and provided handsomely for the family.
(c) He borrowed money and received legacies from family.
(d) He worked as a railway clerk.

4. What was the name of Rousseau's dog?
(a) Sultan.
(b) Chien.
(c) Petit.
(d) Fido.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Rousseau's first novel?

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

3. What vices appealed to Tolstoy the most?

4. How many children did Rousseau have with his wife?

5. What mistress of Shelley's would live to be over eighty and inspire Henry James's story, The Aspern Papers?

(see the answer key)

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