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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. What novel did Shelley's wife Mary author?
(a) Silas Marner.
(b) Pocession.
(c) Frankenstein.
(d) Northanger Abby.

2. How did Hemingway interact with his fellow writers?
(a) He mentored many writers and took pains to help other develop their writing voice.
(b) He was close friends with many writers and corresponded with them frequently.
(c) He was indifferent towards other writers and did not have much interaction with them.
(d) He bitterly quarreled with all of them except Ezra Pound.

3. How did Marx support his family financially through most of his life?
(a) He borrowed money and received legacies from family.
(b) He was supported by the government and received a salary for his work.
(c) His writings were an immediate success and provided handsomely for the family.
(d) He worked as a railway clerk.

4. What type of vocation did Marx's family (on both sides) participate in?
(a) They were Talmudic scholars.
(b) They were factory workers from the proletariat class.
(c) They were farmers.
(d) They were aristocrats.

5. How did Rousseau first become known?
(a) He was elected as mayor of his city.
(b) He was distinguished as a soldier.
(c) He won an essay competition.
(d) He published a novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ibsen feel about dogs?

2. What type of relationship did Hemingway have with his mother?

3. What lecture given by Ralph Waldo Emerson would be dubbed the American 'intellectual declaration of independence?'

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

5. What was the nickname of Helen Demuth who spent her life working for the Marx family?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Tolstoy go through periods where he would renounce art and only exert moral leadership?

5. Describe Harriet Shelley.

6. How did Ibsen feel about medals and awards?

7. How did the American public view Hemingway?

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

9. How was Emerson viewed in his time?

10. Describe one of Hemingway's wives in appearance and personality.

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