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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, pgs. 156-172.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the partner, with whom Marx co-authored many of his works?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Proudhon.
(c) Kriege.
(d) Engels.

2. For which American newspaper did Marx work as a European correspondent for?
(a) The Guardian.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The New York Daily Tribune.

3. 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) Beth Owen.
(d) Elena Goodwin.

4. What other Intellectual influenced Tolstoy in his youth?
(a) Sarte.
(b) St. Augustine.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Shelley.

5. 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) He borrowed money and received legacies from family.
(c) His writings were an immediate success and provided handsomely for the family.
(d) He worked as a railway clerk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What vocation did Rousseau's father have?

3. How did Shelley die?

4. What vices appealed to Tolstoy the most?

5. How did Hemingway regard organized religion?

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