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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 occupation did Hemingway's father hold?
(a) He was a plumber.
(b) He was a literature professor.
(c) He was a farmer.
(d) He was a physician.

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

3. When Marx could not find an academic position after receiving his doctorate, what type of work did begin?
(a) He because a privat tutor.
(b) He became a factory foreman.
(c) He became a librarian.
(d) He became a journalist.

4. What was the name of Rousseau's dog?
(a) Fido.
(b) Petit.
(c) Sultan.
(d) Chien.

5. What young woman was a laundress and agreed to become Rousseau's mistress on a permanent basis?
(a) Joan MacDonald.
(b) Madame Melchior.
(c) Therese Levasseur.
(d) Madame d'Epinay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ibsen's first literary success?

2. Which of the following is not a play penned by Ibsen?

3. Which of the following armies did Tolstoy not fight during his tenure with the Russian army?

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

5. What 10,000 word essay did Shelley write in 1821 as a statement of social purpose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What arrangement did Shelley attempt to make with his women counterparts, that never worked?

2. How did the American public view Hemingway?

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

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

5. Describe Harriet Shelley.

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

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

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

9. What addiction did Hemingway suffer from most of his life?

10. What are some similarities between Tolstoy and Rousseau?

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