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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mistress of Shelley's would live to be over eighty and inspire Henry James's story, The Aspern Papers?
(a) Mary Hoppner.
(b) Elena Goodwin.
(c) Beth Owen.
(d) Claire Clairmont.

2. What was the name of the estate that Tolstoy inherited from his mother?
(a) Kazan.
(b) The Romanov pula.
(c) Yasnaya Polyana.
(d) Volkonsky.

3. Who transcribed Tolstoy's novels for him?
(a) His son Sergei.
(b) His friend Turgenev.
(c) He hired a different secretary for each novel.
(d) His wife.

4. 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.

5. What is the name of the book that Marx spent most of his life working on?
(a) The Philosphy of Marx.
(b) Capital.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Communism.

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

7. In what year did Marx write the Communist Manifesto?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1873.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1862.

8. What was the name of Tolstoy's youngest daughter that revered him as his disciple?
(a) Masha.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Alexandra.
(d) Tanya.

9. What is the name of Ibsen's acknowledged son?
(a) Dean.
(b) Soren.
(c) Christopher.
(d) Sigurd.

10. How did Hemingway die?
(a) He was in a plane accident.
(b) He died of natural causes.
(c) He committed suicide.
(d) He drowned while deep sea fishing.

11. Where was Rousseau born?
(a) Geneva.
(b) Zurich.
(c) Provence.
(d) Paris.

12. How many children did Rousseau have with his wife?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

13. What University did Marx receive his doctorate from?
(a) Bonn University.
(b) Berlin University.
(c) Sorbonne University.
(d) Oxford University.

14. Which of the following is not a play penned by Ibsen?
(a) St. John's Night.
(b) The Priest.
(c) Lady Ingar of Ostraat.
(d) The Warrior's Barrow.

15. What lecture given by Ralph Waldo Emerson would be dubbed the American 'intellectual declaration of independence?'
(a) Nature.
(b) The Times.
(c) The American Scholar.
(d) Human Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel did Shelley's wife Mary author?

2. How did Marx's daughter Laura die?

3. Who did Tolstoy correspond with frequently in his old age, offering his opinions on every subject?

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

5. What was the name of Hemingway's fourth wife?

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