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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. How did Marx support his family financially through most of his life?
(a) He borrowed money and received legacies from family.
(b) He was supported by the government and received a salary for his work.
(c) He worked as a railway clerk.
(d) His writings were an immediate success and provided handsomely for the family.

2. What was the name of Hemingway's fourth wife?
(a) Hadley Richardson.
(b) Mary Welsh.
(c) Pauline Pfeiffer.
(d) Martha Gellhorn.

3. How many books did he author?
(a) 68.
(b) 14.
(c) 108.
(d) 4.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many siblings did Sartre have?

2. Who transcribed Tolstoy's novels for him?

3. What year did Sartre die?

4. Who was the first great nineteenth century American intellectual?

5. What occupation did Hemingway's father hold?

(see the answer key)

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