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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 foreign country did Gollancz live in briefly while working for the Ministry of Food?
(a) Singapore.
(b) India.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

2. Who opened Gollancz'a papers for inspection?
(a) His wife.
(b) Gollancz asked that his papers be made public in his will.
(c) His brother, Archibald.
(d) His daughter Livia.

3. How did Wilson's second wife die?
(a) She tripped on her heels and fractured her skull.
(b) She was hit by a car.
(c) She had a heart attack.
(d) She was accidentily poisioned by pesticide they used in their home.

4. What play did Hellman write in the 1960s that was a big success?
(a) Evermore.
(b) The Seeker.
(c) Toys in the Attic.
(d) Thirty-nine Steps.

5. What title did Russell hold?
(a) He was a Duke.
(b) He was a Lord in the House of Parliament.
(c) He was an Earl.
(d) He was a Baron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What enabled Wilson financially to travel to Russia?

2. What was the name of George Orwell when he was born?

3. How did Wilson regard women?

4. What was the name of Gollancz'a wife?

5. When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, what support did Orwell give to the republic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Hellman blacklisted from Hollywood in 1948?

2. How did Hellman view her mother?

3. Why does Johnson believe that Gollancz is an important intellectual if he did not give birth to a salient idea himself?

4. What importance did Sartre place upon literature and letters?

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

6. Describe Jean-Paul Sartre's appearance.

7. What political views did Wilson adopt during the Great Depression?

8. How did Sartre feel towards America?

9. Describe Orwell's appearance.

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

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