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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ancient languages did Shelley attain great fluency in at Eton?
(a) Hebrew and Sanskrit.
(b) Latin and Egyptian.
(c) Greek and Hebrew.
(d) Latin and Greek.

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

3. What caused Hemingway to lose interest in his affair with Jane Mason?
(a) She gained a lot of weight.
(b) She tried to commit suicide and broke her back.
(c) She tried to convince him to sober up.
(d) She was unwilling to live in a 'menage a trois' with his wife.

4. What was the nickname of Helen Demuth who spent her life working for the Marx family?
(a) Lenchen.
(b) Dogga.
(c) Heddy.
(d) Grava.

5. Who did Tolstoy correspond with frequently in his old age, offering his opinions on every subject?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Heads of state.
(c) Many serfs from his childhood home.
(d) The pope.

6. What was the name of Hemingway's fourth wife?
(a) Pauline Pfeiffer.
(b) Mary Welsh.
(c) Hadley Richardson.
(d) Martha Gellhorn.

7. What vices appealed to Tolstoy the most?
(a) Lying and forging.
(b) Women and gambling.
(c) Drinking and hunting.
(d) Drugs and alcohol.

8. What was Hemingway's nickname?
(a) Exciting Ernst.
(b) Action man.
(c) Whisky Hemingway.
(d) Papa Hemingway.

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

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

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

12. What young woman was a laundress and agreed to become Rousseau's mistress on a permanent basis?
(a) Madame d'Epinay.
(b) Madame Melchior.
(c) Therese Levasseur.
(d) Joan MacDonald.

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

14. For which American newspaper did Marx work as a European correspondent for?
(a) The Washington Post.
(b) The New York Daily Tribune.
(c) The Guardian.
(d) The New York Times.

15. Why did Ibsen claim he liked to be around young women?
(a) He liked to have them about as servants to take care of him.
(b) He was attracted sexually to young girls.
(c) He liked to pretend they were his daughters.
(d) They were muses for his writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other Intellectual influenced Tolstoy in his youth?

2. What movement did Ralph Waldo Emerson found?

3. What was the name of Hemingway's first wife?

4. How many siblings did Ibsen have?

5. How did Hemingway die?

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