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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 shocking thing did Tynan collect from his boyhood?
(a) Personal letters he stole from complete strangers.
(b) Different types of knives
(c) Pornography.
(d) Samples of blood from girls he had kissed.

2. What 10,000 word essay did Shelley write in 1821 as a statement of social purpose?
(a) Ode to Poetry.
(b) A Defense of Poetry.
(c) Ode to the Tyrant.
(d) The Revolt of Islam.

3. What occupation did Hemingway begin his career with in 1921?
(a) He was a grammar teacher.
(b) He became a journalist.
(c) He immediately became a novelist.
(d) He worked as a librarian.

4. How many drafts of War and Peace did Tolstoy write?
(a) 13.
(b) 1.
(c) 7.
(d) 2.

5. What caused Hemingway to lose interest in his affair with Jane Mason?
(a) She was unwilling to live in a 'menage a trois' with his wife.
(b) She gained a lot of weight.
(c) She tried to convince him to sober up.
(d) She tried to commit suicide and broke her back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country was the film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder from?

2. What work did Wilson write when he was exploring Communist?

3. What was the name of Shelley's first wife?

4. Who transcribed Tolstoy's novels for him?

5. What year did Tynan die from emphysema, caused by his habit of smoking?

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