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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 was Shelley's nickname at school?
(a) The Eton atheist.
(b) Baron Secrecy.
(c) The Poet Prophet.
(d) Scythrop.

2. Why did Ibsen claim he liked to be around young women?
(a) He liked to pretend they were his daughters.
(b) They were muses for his writing.
(c) He liked to have them about as servants to take care of him.
(d) He was attracted sexually to young girls.

3. How did Russell feel about war?
(a) We do not know his stance on war.
(b) He was indifferent to war and did not know much about current events.
(c) He detested war.
(d) He was a war enthusiast.

4. What happened to Rousseau's children?
(a) He abandoned all of them at orphanages.
(b) They all died at birth.
(c) They were adopted by Lord Boswell in England.
(d) They all grew up to be writers.

5. Which of the following armies did Tolstoy not fight during his tenure with the Russian army?
(a) French.
(b) Italians.
(c) Turks.
(d) British.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the progressive school that Russell set up?

2. Who did Brecht leave rights to his works to in his will?

3. What year was Tolstoy born?

4. How many children did Shelley have?

5. What lecture given by Ralph Waldo Emerson would be dubbed the American 'intellectual declaration of independence?'

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