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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. Who did Tolstoy correspond with frequently in his old age, offering his opinions on every subject?
(a) Heads of state.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) The pope.
(d) Many serfs from his childhood home.

2. 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.

3. When Marx could not find an academic position after receiving his doctorate, what type of work did begin?
(a) He became a journalist.
(b) He became a librarian.
(c) He became a factory foreman.
(d) He because a privat tutor.

4. What is the name of Marx's wife?
(a) Anna.
(b) Mary.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Esther.

5. What was Ibsen's first literary success?
(a) A Doll's House.
(b) The Pretenders.
(c) Hedda Gabler.
(d) The Wild Duck.

Short Answer Questions

1. what was the name of Hemingway's second wife?

2. What work did Rousseau write that was autobiographical?

3. What is the name of Ibsen's acknowledged son?

4. What lecture given by Ralph Waldo Emerson would be dubbed the American 'intellectual declaration of independence?'

5. What was Hemingway's first published work?

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