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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Russell feel about war?
(a) He detested war.
(b) We do not know his stance on war.
(c) He was a war enthusiast.
(d) He was indifferent to war and did not know much about current events.

2. What is the name of the mystery writer with whom Hellman had a long time affair?
(a) Gore Vidal.
(b) Fredrick Hudson.
(c) Dashiell Hammett.
(d) Tom Clancy.

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

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

5. What friend did Russell give $3000.00 of stock to during WWII?
(a) Lady Constance Malleson.
(b) George Santayana.
(c) Williams Stratchey.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

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

7. What enabled Wilson financially to travel to Russia?
(a) He won the lottery.
(b) A legacy from his father.
(c) A Guggenheim scholarship.
(d) An advance on his next book.

8. What was the name of Russell's fourth wife?
(a) Katherine Perkins.
(b) Alys Jane.
(c) Dora Black.
(d) Edith Finch.

9. Which of these was not written by Brecht?
(a) Rape of the Sabine women.
(b) The Life of Galileo.
(c) Mother Courage.
(d) The Trail of Lucullus.

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

11. What year did Sartre die?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1972.

12. Who does Johnson select as the write to represent the Old Intellectual belief in utopia?
(a) Normal Mailer.
(b) George Orwell.
(c) Evelyn Waugh.
(d) G.K. Chesterton.

13. What religion did Russell believe?
(a) He was a Christian.
(b) He became a Buddhist later in life.
(c) He was Jewish.
(d) He was an atheist.

14. What type of contact did Hellman have with the workers?
(a) Hellman had two close friends from the worker class.
(b) Hellman had little contact with the workers.
(c) Hellman came from a low-income family.
(d) Hellman minutely studied the workers and even lived with them for a year.

15. What subject did Gollancz teach at Repton?
(a) French.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) History.
(d) Classics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Orwell's lifestyle was unlike other intellectuals or writers?

2. Where did Sartre do most of his writing?

3. What year did Orwell die?

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

5. What was the name of Russell's first wife who was a Quaker?

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