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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What award did Brecht win in 1922 for being the best young dramatist.
(a) The Pulitzer.
(b) The Kleist Prize.
(c) The Nobel Prize for literature.
(d) The Quill.

2. What was the name of Sartre's longtime mistress?
(a) Emilie Pleiade.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Louise Malraux.
(d) Simone de Beauvois.

3. What was the name of the first publishing firm that Gollancz worked for?
(a) Gramercy.
(b) Easton Press.
(c) Benn Brothers.
(d) Schuster and Simon.

4. How was Brecht's work received in the United States?
(a) Brecht never attempted to promote his work in America.
(b) Hollywood embraced his style.
(c) The government provided him with a small stipend.
(d) He was not accepted.

5. What was the name of the rich Philadelphian with whom Hellman became involved with towards the end of her life?
(a) Arthut Cowan.
(b) Joseph McCarthy.
(c) Samuel McCracken.
(d) Herbert Steiner.

6. What desire did Wilson's mother have for him?
(a) She wanted him to become a distinguished athete.
(b) She wanted him to be an architect.
(c) She saw his potential and urged him to be a writer.
(d) She wanted him to become a doctor and save lives.

7. How did Wilson regard women?
(a) He adored and worshipped women.
(b) He saw women as incapable darlings.
(c) He was somewhat fearful of them.
(d) He was completely indifferent towards women and saw them only as objects.

8. What event caused the breakup of Wilson's marriage to Mary McCarthy?
(a) He was caught having an affair.
(b) He punched his wife and she left him.
(c) His wife unexpectedly died.
(d) He cauth his wife having an affair and left her.

9. What position did Sartre take after he was released from being a POW?
(a) He worked with the Vichy.
(b) He found a teaching position.
(c) He worked as a mason.
(d) He was a journalist.

10. What color was Wilson's hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Brown.

11. What was the name of Hellman's play that dealt with strikes and was a disaster?
(a) The LIttle Foxes.
(b) Circa.
(c) Days to Come.
(d) Largo.

12. Which of the following was not a title of a volume of Hellman's autobiography?
(a) Scoundrel Time.
(b) A Spark of Life.
(c) Pentimento.
(d) An Unfinished Woman.

13. Who opened Gollancz'a papers for inspection?
(a) Gollancz asked that his papers be made public in his will.
(b) His brother, Archibald.
(c) His daughter Livia.
(d) His wife.

14. Why did Waugh dislike his contemporary, Cyril Connolly?
(a) Connolly was a superior writer and Waugh was jealous.
(b) Connolly would not take a political position.
(c) Connolly politicized himself.
(d) Connolly vacilated back and forth between different political views.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these was not written by Brecht?

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

3. What foreign country did Gollancz live in briefly while working for the Ministry of Food?

4. What occupation did Wilson's father hold?

5. On average how many books did Sartre read every year?

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