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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. Who did Tolstoy correspond with frequently in his old age, offering his opinions on every subject?
(a) Heads of state.
(b) The pope.
(c) Many serfs from his childhood home.
(d) Charles Dickens.

2. What year did Tolstoy die?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1910.

3. What movement did Ralph Waldo Emerson found?
(a) New Nationalism.
(b) Naturalism.
(c) Enviornmentalism.
(d) Transcendentalism.

4. What was Hemingway's first published work?
(a) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
(b) The Old Man and the Sea.
(c) Three Stories and Ten Poems.
(d) The Sun Also Rises.

5. What other Intellectual influenced Tolstoy in his youth?
(a) Sarte.
(b) Shelley.
(c) St. Augustine.
(d) Rousseau.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Marx's daughter Laura die?

2. What religion did Ibsen follow?

3. what was the name of Hemingway's second wife?

4. What was the nickname of Hemingway's son, Jack?

5. Who transcribed Tolstoy's novels for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some similarities between Tolstoy and Rousseau?

2. What effect did Ernst Hemingway have upon American culture?

3. Describe the typical arc of Rousseau's friendships.

4. What type of soldier was Tolstoy?

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

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

7. How did Ibsen interact with women?

8. Describe Harriet Shelley.

9. Why could it be argued that Karl Marx is the intellectual who has had the most impact on people?

10. What action did Rousseau take after his second book prompted book burning and resulted in a warrant for his arrest in France?

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