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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 progressive school that Russell set up?
(a) Principia.
(b) Beacon Hill.
(c) Liberty School.
(d) Propitious Grove.

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

3. Which contemporary of Rousseau's wrote an attack on him called Le Sentiment des Citoyens?
(a) Hume.
(b) Diderot.
(c) Grimm.
(d) Voltaire.

4. What occupation did Hemingway begin his career with in 1921?
(a) He immediately became a novelist.
(b) He was a grammar teacher.
(c) He became a journalist.
(d) He worked as a librarian.

5. How did Ibsen feel about dogs?
(a) He was indifferent to animals in general.
(b) He was deathly afraid of them.
(c) He adored dogs and had several as pets.
(d) The barking of dogs gave him headaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. For which American newspaper did Marx work as a European correspondent for?

2. What novel did Shelley's wife Mary author?

3. What vices appealed to Tolstoy the most?

4. What was the name of Russell's first wife who was a Quaker?

5. Where was Hemingway's home Finca Vigia?

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