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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Hemingway feel about the media, including photo-calls and interviews?
(a) He actively pursued photo-calls and interviews and loved the media.
(b) He was incredibly introverted and avoided the media.
(c) He would give interviews, but would not allow his photo to be taken.
(d) He was indifferent to the media and would occasionally give interviews or photo-calls, but not frequently.

3. What happened to Rousseau's children?
(a) They were adopted by Lord Boswell in England.
(b) They all died at birth.
(c) He abandoned all of them at orphanages.
(d) They all grew up to be writers.

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

5. What year was Hemingway born?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1887.

6. How many children did Shelley have?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) He had no children.
(d) 7.

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

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

9. What novel did Shelley's wife Mary author?
(a) Pocession.
(b) Silas Marner.
(c) Frankenstein.
(d) Northanger Abby.

10. What is the name of the school mistress who loaned Shelley 100 pounds (her life savings), that was never repaid.
(a) Elizabeth Hitchener.
(b) Claire Clairmont.
(c) Fanny Imlay.
(d) Harriet Gogg.

11. How many pregnancies did Tolstoy's wife have?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

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

13. What is the name of Marx's wife?
(a) Esther.
(b) Anna.
(c) Mary.
(d) Jenny.

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

15. What is the name of Marx's daughter, who became a mistress of Edward Aveling?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Helen.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) Laura.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vices appealed to Tolstoy the most?

2. Which contemporary of Rousseau's wrote an attack on him called Le Sentiment des Citoyens?

3. How many drafts of War and Peace did Tolstoy write?

4. What was the name of Tolstoy's wife?

5. What was Ibsen's last statement?

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