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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did Russell die?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1980.

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What was the name of George Orwell when he was born?
(a) Eric Blair.
(b) Keith Burton.
(c) Peter Soles.
(d) Harold Lewis.

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

14. What was the name of the rich Philadelphian with whom Hellman became involved with towards the end of her life?
(a) Samuel McCracken.
(b) Arthut Cowan.
(c) Herbert Steiner.
(d) Joseph McCarthy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What work did Wilson write when he was exploring Communist?

2. What desire did Wilson's mother have for him?

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

4. What was Brecht's first successful play?

5. What year did Gollancz break with the Communist party?

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