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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What foreign country did Gollancz live in briefly while working for the Ministry of Food?
(a) Japan.
(b) India.
(c) China.
(d) Singapore.

3. What year was Hellman born?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1905.

4. What year did Hellman die?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1976.

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

6. What was the name of Hellman's first hit play?
(a) The Weirding Way.
(b) The Captive.
(c) The Childrens Hour.
(d) Bien-Pensants.

7. How did Wilson's second wife die?
(a) She tripped on her heels and fractured her skull.
(b) She was accidentily poisioned by pesticide they used in their home.
(c) She had a heart attack.
(d) She was hit by a car.

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

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

10. Which of these was not a critique written by Orwell about Connolly?
(a) His had a love of leisure and liberty and good living.
(b) He was the most typical man of my generation.
(c) He was bad at creating metaphors.
(d) He had an authentic lack of scholarship.

11. 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Russell feel about war?

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

4. What position did Sartre have during the war?

5. After Gollancz broke with the Communist, which party did he begin to support?

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