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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, pgs. 324 - 342.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What enabled Wilson financially to travel to Russia?
(a) He won the lottery.
(b) A legacy from his father.
(c) An advance on his next book.
(d) A Guggenheim scholarship.

2. What year did Wilson die?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1972.

3. What vocation did Rousseau's father have?
(a) He was a watchmaker.
(b) He was a writer.
(c) He was a politician.
(d) He was born an aristocrat.

4. How many pregnancies did Tolstoy's wife have?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who opened Gollancz'a papers for inspection?

2. What was the nickname of Hemingway's son, Jack?

3. What is the name of Marx's wife?

4. How did Ibsen feel about dogs?

5. What position did Sartre have during the war?

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