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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Jean-Paul Sartre: 'A Little Ball of Fur and Ink'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the American philosophy graduate who became Russell's secretary?
(a) Arthur Koestler.
(b) Philip Wise.
(c) Harold Earkin.
(d) Ralph Schoenman.

2. On average how many books did Sartre read every year?
(a) About 100.
(b) He only read one, but studied it intensely.
(c) He read one per week, 52.
(d) About 300.

3. What poem did Shelley dedicate to his first wife?
(a) The Cenci.
(b) Horrid Mysteries.
(c) Queen Mab.
(d) The Bride of Abydos.

4. What novel did Shelley's wife Mary author?
(a) Pocession.
(b) Silas Marner.
(c) Northanger Abby.
(d) Frankenstein.

5. What year did Sartre die?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1972.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ancient languages did Shelley attain great fluency in at Eton?

2. What occupation did Hemingway begin his career with in 1921?

3. What work did Rousseau write that was autobiographical?

4. What occupation did Hemingway serve latter part of the Great War?

5. How did Marx support his family financially through most of his life?

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