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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many books did he author?
(a) 4.
(b) 68.
(c) 14.
(d) 108.
2. What job did Hellman have with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1929?
(a) She read scripts.
(b) She was a delivery girl.
(c) She was an editor.
(d) She was a staff writer.
3. What foreign country did Gollancz live in briefly while working for the Ministry of Food?
(a) India.
(b) China.
(c) Singapore.
(d) Japan.
4. How many siblings did Sartre have?
(a) 1.
(b) He was an only child.
(c) 9.
(d) 4.
5. What year did Brecht die?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1959.
6. What did Brecht request to have done with his remains upon his death?
(a) He wanted to be buried at sea.
(b) He wanted to be buried in a steel coffin.
(c) He wanted to be cremated.
(d) He wanted to be interred in an above ground marble masoleum.
7. What is the name of the mystery writer with whom Hellman had a long time affair?
(a) Fredrick Hudson.
(b) Tom Clancy.
(c) Dashiell Hammett.
(d) Gore Vidal.
8. Where did Sartre do most of his writing?
(a) In his apartment.
(b) Out in nature.
(c) In cafes.
(d) In the library.
9. Why did Hellman owe almost two hundred thousand dollars to the government in 1952?
(a) She was fined the amount in alternative for serving jail time for a felony she committed.
(b) She had never paid fees associated with her copyrights for her works.
(c) She had been fined for her political involvement with the Communist Party.
(d) She had neglected to pay income tax for several years.
10. What year did Sartre die?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1980.
11. What friend did Russell give $3000.00 of stock to during WWII?
(a) George Santayana.
(b) Williams Stratchey.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Lady Constance Malleson.
12. How did Russell feel about war?
(a) He detested war.
(b) He was indifferent to war and did not know much about current events.
(c) He was a war enthusiast.
(d) We do not know his stance on war.
13. What type of contact did Hellman have with the workers?
(a) Hellman came from a low-income family.
(b) Hellman had little contact with the workers.
(c) Hellman minutely studied the workers and even lived with them for a year.
(d) Hellman had two close friends from the worker class.
14. How did Wilson regard women?
(a) He saw women as incapable darlings.
(b) He was somewhat fearful of them.
(c) He was completely indifferent towards women and saw them only as objects.
(d) He adored and worshipped women.
15. What year did Orwell die?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1950.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Wilson's second wife die?
2. What honor did Gollancz receive in 1945?
3. What caused Brecht to leave Germany in 1933?
4. Where did Russell believe all of the answers to the riddles of the universe could be found?
5. How many wives did Wilson have?
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