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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Sartre's first philosophical novel published in 1938?
(a) La Nausee.
(b) War.
(c) Liberte.
(d) Comoedia.

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

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

4. After Gollancz broke with the Communist, which party did he begin to support?
(a) The Whig Party.
(b) The Nazis.
(c) The Neo-Democrats.
(d) The Labour Party.

5. What year did Orwell die?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1945.

6. What year did Brecht die?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1962.

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

8. On average how many books did Sartre read every year?
(a) He only read one, but studied it intensely.
(b) About 300.
(c) About 100.
(d) He read one per week, 52.

9. What was the name of Brecht's wife?
(a) Ruth Berlau.
(b) Kathe Rulicke.
(c) Isot Kilian.
(d) Helene Weigel.

10. What caused Brecht to leave Germany in 1933?
(a) Hitler came to power.
(b) He was invited to go to Hollywood.
(c) He married a woman from Italy.
(d) He was offered a position in Russia.

11. What nickname did Sartre's mother have for him?
(a) Poulou.
(b) Petit homme.
(c) Precieuse.
(d) Beau.

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

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

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

15. Where did Russell believe all of the answers to the riddles of the universe could be found?
(a) In the human mind.
(b) In observing nature.
(c) He believed that most things could not be solved or understood.
(d) In the Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What honor did Gollancz receive in 1945?

2. What friend did Russell give $3000.00 of stock to during WWII?

3. Why did Hellman owe almost two hundred thousand dollars to the government in 1952?

4. What position did Sartre take after he was released from being a POW?

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

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