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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political cause did Gollancz successfully campaign for that was close to his heart?
(a) He was a spokesperson for veneral disease awareness.
(b) He was an advocate for women's suffrage.
(c) He fought for education reform.
(d) The movement to abolish capital punishment.

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

3. Where did Sartre do most of his writing?
(a) In the library.
(b) In cafes.
(c) Out in nature.
(d) In his apartment.

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

5. What position did Sartre have during the war?
(a) He was a cook for the POW camp.
(b) He was a regular foot soldier.
(c) He was a meteorologist.
(d) He was an ambulance driver.

6. 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 lived among the working class.
(d) He did not intend to share his writings with the world.

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

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

9. What year did Wilson die?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1989.

10. What did Hellman use as inspiration for her book, Miss Lonelyhearts?
(a) Guests' letters that she secretly opened.
(b) Conversations she heard in the stairwell of her apartment.
(c) She stole the material from another writer.
(d) Information from the classifieds.

11. How many siblings did Sartre have?
(a) 9.
(b) He was an only child.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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

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

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

15. What language did Wilson learn and master in order to read books in their original form in the 1930s?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) Russian.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many books did he author?

2. What was the name of Brecht's wife?

3. How many wives did Wilson have?

4. What year did Gollancz die?

5. What type of contact did Hellman have with the workers?

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