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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) Harold Lewis.
(b) Keith Burton.
(c) Eric Blair.
(d) Peter Soles.

2. Why did Hellman owe almost two hundred thousand dollars to the government in 1952?
(a) She had neglected to pay income tax for several years.
(b) She was fined the amount in alternative for serving jail time for a felony she committed.
(c) She had never paid fees associated with her copyrights for her works.
(d) She had been fined for her political involvement with the Communist Party.

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

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

5. What position did Sartre take after he was released from being a POW?
(a) He was a journalist.
(b) He worked as a mason.
(c) He found a teaching position.
(d) He worked with the Vichy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Brecht request to have done with his remains upon his death?

2. What year did Gollancz die?

3. How tall was Sartre?

4. What was the name of the rich Philadelphian with whom Hellman became involved with towards the end of her life?

5. Where did Sartre do most of his writing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of relationships did Gollancz have with people from the working class?

3. Why did Bertrand Russell write so much?

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

5. How did Hellman view her mother?

6. How does Johnson describe Wilson's writings?

7. Describe Brecht's childhood.

8. Why did Gollancz prefer to hire female employees?

9. Why did Russell like Mathematics?

10. How did Sartre feel towards America?

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