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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Troubled Conscience of Victor Gollancz.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What award did Brecht win in 1922 for being the best young dramatist.
(a) The Pulitzer.
(b) The Nobel Prize for literature.
(c) The Quill.
(d) The Kleist Prize.

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

3. Who transcribed Tolstoy's novels for him?
(a) His wife.
(b) He hired a different secretary for each novel.
(c) His son Sergei.
(d) His friend Turgenev.

4. How did Hemingway feel about the media, including photo-calls and interviews?
(a) He was incredibly introverted and avoided the media.
(b) He actively pursued photo-calls and interviews and loved the media.
(c) He would give interviews, but would not allow his photo to be taken.
(d) He was indifferent to the media and would occasionally give interviews or photo-calls, but not frequently.

5. What subject did Gollancz teach at Repton?
(a) French.
(b) History.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Classics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion did Ibsen follow?

2. What is the name of the book that Marx spent most of his life working on?

3. What vices appealed to Tolstoy the most?

4. How did Hemingway interact with his fellow writers?

5. What year did Russell die?

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