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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 was the name of the US Ambassador that gave him a job to look out for German U-boats?
(a) Don Passos.
(b) Robert Jordan.
(c) Spruille braden.
(d) Art Duran.

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

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

4. How did Hemingway interact with his fellow writers?
(a) He bitterly quarreled with all of them except Ezra Pound.
(b) He mentored many writers and took pains to help other develop their writing voice.
(c) He was close friends with many writers and corresponded with them frequently.
(d) He was indifferent towards other writers and did not have much interaction with them.

5. What event caused the breakup of Wilson's marriage to Mary McCarthy?
(a) He punched his wife and she left him.
(b) His wife unexpectedly died.
(c) He was caught having an affair.
(d) He cauth his wife having an affair and left her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What position did Sartre take after he was released from being a POW?

3. What did Brecht request to have done with his remains upon his death?

4. How many pregnancies did Tolstoy's wife have?

5. How many siblings did Sartre have?

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