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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who would receive Shelley's title of baronet?
(a) His son Charles.
(b) His son Percy.
(c) His cousin William.
(d) His friend Byron.

2. Where is Rousseau buried?
(a) Montmartre.
(b) Verdunne.
(c) Ile des Peupliers.
(d) Pere Lachaise Cemetery.

3. How did Hemingway regard organized religion?
(a) He believed in personal worship rather than organized religion.
(b) He had no opinion on religion.
(c) He saw it as a menace to human happiness.
(d) He identified Christianity with male honor.

4. What was the name of Shelley's first wife?
(a) Wendy.
(b) Mary.
(c) Claire.
(d) Harriet.

5. What was Hemingway's first published work?
(a) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
(b) The Sun Also Rises.
(c) Three Stories and Ten Poems.
(d) The Old Man and the Sea.

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

7. Which of the following armies did Tolstoy not fight during his tenure with the Russian army?
(a) French.
(b) British.
(c) Turks.
(d) Italians.

8. What poem did Shelley dedicate to his first wife?
(a) Queen Mab.
(b) The Cenci.
(c) The Bride of Abydos.
(d) Horrid Mysteries.

9. What occupation did Hemingway's father hold?
(a) He was a plumber.
(b) He was a farmer.
(c) He was a physician.
(d) He was a literature professor.

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

11. How did Ibsen feel about dogs?
(a) He adored dogs and had several as pets.
(b) He was indifferent to animals in general.
(c) The barking of dogs gave him headaches.
(d) He was deathly afraid of them.

12. What year did Tolstoy die?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1922.

13. What year was Tolstoy born?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1828.
(d) 1903.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For which American newspaper did Marx work as a European correspondent for?

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

3. What was the name of Tolstoy's youngest daughter that revered him as his disciple?

4. What was Hemingway's nickname?

5. What type of relationship did Hemingway have with his mother?

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