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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. Why did Ibsen claim he liked to be around young women?
(a) He liked to pretend they were his daughters.
(b) They were muses for his writing.
(c) He liked to have them about as servants to take care of him.
(d) He was attracted sexually to young girls.

2. What year did Tolstoy die?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1922.

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

4. What is the name of the book that Marx spent most of his life working on?
(a) Communism.
(b) Revolution.
(c) The Philosphy of Marx.
(d) Capital.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of relationship did Hemingway have with his mother?

2. How did Marx's daughter Laura die?

3. How did Hemingway feel about the media, including photo-calls and interviews?

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

5. How did Rousseau first become known?

(see the answer key)

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