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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Brecht die?
(a) He suffered a heart attack.
(b) He was executed by a West German sniper.
(c) He was in a car accident.
(d) He committed suicide.

2. When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, what support did Orwell give to the republic?
(a) He came and saw the war firsthand and offered a few words of encouragement to its leaders.
(b) He fought with the anarchist militia.
(c) He provided moral support in his writings.
(d) He did not support the republic, but remained neutral.

3. After Gollancz broke with the Communist, which party did he begin to support?
(a) The Whig Party.
(b) The Neo-Democrats.
(c) The Labour Party.
(d) The Nazis.

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

5. What job did Hellman have with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1929?
(a) She was a staff writer.
(b) She read scripts.
(c) She was a delivery girl.
(d) She was an editor.

6. What was Brecht's first Marxist work that was produced in 1930?
(a) Die Massanhme.
(b) Kaspar.
(c) Erfolg.
(d) Threepenny Opera.

7. What about Orwell's lifestyle was unlike other intellectuals or writers?
(a) He had another occupation for most of his life.
(b) He was self-educated.
(c) He did not intend to share his writings with the world.
(d) He lived among the working class.

8. What honor did Gollancz receive in 1945?
(a) The Golden Seal, a publishers award.
(b) The Nobel Prize.
(c) He was elected to parliament.
(d) A Knighthood.

9. How many siblings did Connolly have?
(a) He was a twin, but had no other siblings.
(b) He had three siblings.
(c) He came from a large family of nine.
(d) He was an only child.

10. What occupation did Wilson's father hold?
(a) He was a farmer.
(b) He was a philosopher.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a doctor.

11. What caused Brecht to leave Germany in 1933?
(a) He was invited to go to Hollywood.
(b) He was offered a position in Russia.
(c) He married a woman from Italy.
(d) Hitler came to power.

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

13. What year did Russell die?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1980.

14. How many wives did Wilson have?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

15. What year did Gollancz break with the Communist party?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author began to correspond with Orwell and visited him in the hospital?

2. Where did Sartre do most of his writing?

3. How did Wilson's second wife die?

4. What was the name of the first publishing firm that Gollancz worked for?

5. What year did Wilson die?

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