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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 was the name of George Orwell when he was born?
(a) Keith Burton.
(b) Harold Lewis.
(c) Eric Blair.
(d) Peter Soles.

2. What color was Wilson's hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Blonde.

3. Which of the following was not a title of a volume of Hellman's autobiography?
(a) Scoundrel Time.
(b) A Spark of Life.
(c) An Unfinished Woman.
(d) Pentimento.

4. What about Orwell's lifestyle was unlike other intellectuals or writers?
(a) He lived among the working class.
(b) He had another occupation for most of his life.
(c) He was self-educated.
(d) He did not intend to share his writings with the world.

5. What was the name of Gollancz'a wife?
(a) Esther.
(b) Sybil.
(c) Hilary.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Russell's first wife who was a Quaker?

2. What play did Hellman write in the 1960s that was a big success?

3. What did Hellman use as inspiration for her book, Miss Lonelyhearts?

4. What title did Russell hold?

5. What was the name of Connolly's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jean-Paul Sartre's appearance.

2. Describe Orwell's appearance.

3. What made Sartre famous in 1944?

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

5. What type of relationship did Wilson have with other writers?

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

7. Why does Johnson describe Russell as being detached from physical reality?

8. According to Johnson, what did Orwell believe about what force had the power to shape the world.

9. Why was Hellman blacklisted from Hollywood in 1948?

10. What activity of Russell's resulted in a mock War Crimes Tribunal held in Stockholm?

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