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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. Which political party did Bertolt Brecht faithfully serve?
(a) The Communist Party.
(b) The Nazi Party.
(c) The Nationalist Party.
(d) The Eastern Democratic Party.

2. How did Waugh describe society?
(a) He described it as being far worse than it was.
(b) He did not describe society, but stuck mainly to esotaric ideas.
(c) He described it as he hoped it to be.
(d) He described it as it was and as it must be.

3. What title did Russell hold?
(a) He was a Lord in the House of Parliament.
(b) He was a Baron.
(c) He was a Duke.
(d) He was an Earl.

4. What political approach did Hemingway take in his perspective of the Spanish Civil War?
(a) He wrote from the Communist Party line.
(b) He supported the Fascist perspective.
(c) He wrote with a republican agenda.
(d) He wrote with an emphasis on Capitalism.

5. How did Marx support his family financially through most of his life?
(a) He was supported by the government and received a salary for his work.
(b) He borrowed money and received legacies from family.
(c) He worked as a railway clerk.
(d) His writings were an immediate success and provided handsomely for the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Hellman have with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1929?

2. How did Hemingway regard organized religion?

3. What year did Wilson die?

4. What desire did Wilson's mother have for him?

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

(see the answer key)

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