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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 young woman was a laundress and agreed to become Rousseau's mistress on a permanent basis?
(a) Madame d'Epinay.
(b) Madame Melchior.
(c) Therese Levasseur.
(d) Joan MacDonald.

2. What was the name of Brecht's wife?
(a) Helene Weigel.
(b) Ruth Berlau.
(c) Kathe Rulicke.
(d) Isot Kilian.

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

4. How did Rousseau first become known?
(a) He published a novel.
(b) He was elected as mayor of his city.
(c) He was distinguished as a soldier.
(d) He won an essay competition.

5. What foreign country did Gollancz live in briefly while working for the Ministry of Food?
(a) India.
(b) Singapore.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wives did Wilson have?

2. What venture did Gollancz start to counter the unwillingness of booksellers to stock ultra-left propaganda?

3. What was Ibsen's first literary success?

4. What caused Hemingway to lose interest in his affair with Jane Mason?

5. What other Intellectual influenced Tolstoy in his youth?

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