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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 many siblings did Connolly have?
(a) He was an only child.
(b) He came from a large family of nine.
(c) He had three siblings.
(d) He was a twin, but had no other siblings.

2. How was Brecht's work received in the United States?
(a) Brecht never attempted to promote his work in America.
(b) Hollywood embraced his style.
(c) The government provided him with a small stipend.
(d) He was not accepted.

3. Which political party did Bertolt Brecht faithfully serve?
(a) The Nazi Party.
(b) The Eastern Democratic Party.
(c) The Nationalist Party.
(d) The Communist Party.

4. Which author began to correspond with Orwell and visited him in the hospital?
(a) P.G. Wodehouse.
(b) Cyril Connolly.
(c) Ezra Pound.
(d) Evelyn Waugh.

5. What desire did Wilson's mother have for him?
(a) She wanted him to be an architect.
(b) She wanted him to become a doctor and save lives.
(c) She wanted him to become a distinguished athete.
(d) She saw his potential and urged him to be a writer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On average how many books did Sartre read every year?

3. What year did Gollancz die?

4. What language did Wilson learn and master in order to read books in their original form in the 1930s?

5. How many wives did Wilson have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Brecht's childhood.

2. What did Orwell think of fellow intellectuals in comparison to the poor?

3. Briefly describe the life of Dashiell Hammett, Hellman's long time lover.

4. What redeeming quality does Johnson specifically note of Brecht?

5. What made Sartre famous in 1944?

6. How did Sartre feel towards America?

7. How did Hellman view her father?

8. What business arrangements did Brecht make for himself in 1949 that gave him artistic freedom as well as great revenue?

9. What event caused Orwell to realize that the left was capable of injustice and cruelty of kind almost unknown?

10. Describe Jean-Paul Sartre's appearance.

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