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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 did Russell die?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1951.

2. Where did Sartre do most of his writing?
(a) Out in nature.
(b) In the library.
(c) In cafes.
(d) In his apartment.

3. How did Hemingway die?
(a) He was in a plane accident.
(b) He died of natural causes.
(c) He committed suicide.
(d) He drowned while deep sea fishing.

4. Which of the following is not a play penned by Ibsen?
(a) St. John's Night.
(b) The Priest.
(c) Lady Ingar of Ostraat.
(d) The Warrior's Barrow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Marx's daughter Laura die?

2. What year did Brecht die?

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

4. Which benefactress of Rousseau died of malnutrition after he refused to help her in her old age?

5. Where did Russell believe all of the answers to the riddles of the universe could be found?

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