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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Marx's daughter Laura die?
(a) Throat cancer.
(b) She died in childbirth.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Drowning.

2. What political approach did Hemingway take in his perspective of the Spanish Civil War?
(a) He wrote from the Communist Party line.
(b) He supported the Fascist perspective.
(c) He wrote with a republican agenda.
(d) He wrote with an emphasis on Capitalism.

3. What was the nickname of Helen Demuth who spent her life working for the Marx family?
(a) Grava.
(b) Lenchen.
(c) Dogga.
(d) Heddy.

4. What University did Marx receive his doctorate from?
(a) Oxford University.
(b) Sorbonne University.
(c) Bonn University.
(d) Berlin University.

5. Who transcribed Tolstoy's novels for him?
(a) He hired a different secretary for each novel.
(b) His son Sergei.
(c) His wife.
(d) His friend Turgenev.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Marx could not find an academic position after receiving his doctorate, what type of work did begin?

2. What occupation did Hemingway's father hold?

3. What is the name of the book that Marx spent most of his life working on?

4. How did Hemingway feel about the media, including photo-calls and interviews?

5. Which contemporary of Rousseau's wrote an attack on him called Le Sentiment des Citoyens?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Marx wrote poetry as a child, what was the content of his creations?

2. How did Ibsen interact with women?

3. What duty did Percy Bysshe Shelley believe that the enlightened man had to society?

4. Describe Rousseau's family life in his youth.

5. How did Marx believe that Socialism would come about?

6. What type of relationship did Marx have with the working class?

7. What type of childhood did Shelley have as described in Chapter 2?

8. Why are all of Ibsen's works so different?

9. How was Emerson viewed in his time?

10. What are some similarities between Tolstoy and Rousseau?

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