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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 year was Shelley born?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1792.
(d) 1763.

2. What did Brecht request to have done with his remains upon his death?
(a) He wanted to be buried in a steel coffin.
(b) He wanted to be buried at sea.
(c) He wanted to be cremated.
(d) He wanted to be interred in an above ground marble masoleum.

3. How did Hemingway regard organized religion?
(a) He saw it as a menace to human happiness.
(b) He believed in personal worship rather than organized religion.
(c) He identified Christianity with male honor.
(d) He had no opinion on religion.

4. What type of relationship did Hemingway have with his mother?
(a) He hated her.
(b) He respected her, but they often quarreled.
(c) The had a mutual indifference towards each other.
(d) He idolized her.

5. How many children did Rousseau have with his wife?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vocation did Rousseau's father have?

2. What is the name of the school mistress who loaned Shelley 100 pounds (her life savings), that was never repaid.

3. What vices appealed to Tolstoy the most?

4. What position did Sartre have during the war?

5. How did Hemingway interact with his fellow writers?

(see the answer key)

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