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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 Sartre have?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) He was an only child.
(d) 1.

2. What was the name of Brecht's wife?
(a) Kathe Rulicke.
(b) Helene Weigel.
(c) Ruth Berlau.
(d) Isot Kilian.

3. What year did Sartre die?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1983.

4. Why did Waugh dislike his contemporary, Cyril Connolly?
(a) Connolly politicized himself.
(b) Connolly vacilated back and forth between different political views.
(c) Connolly was a superior writer and Waugh was jealous.
(d) Connolly would not take a political position.

5. What was the name of Russell's first wife who was a Quaker?
(a) Lady Ottoline.
(b) Beatrice Webb.
(c) Alys Whitall.
(d) Dora Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Brecht to leave Germany in 1933?

2. What year was Hellman born?

3. What opera had Gollancz seen forty-seven times before the age of twenty-one?

4. What is the name of the mystery writer with whom Hellman had a long time affair?

5. Who opened Gollancz'a papers for inspection?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Sartre feel towards America?

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

5. Describe Jean-Paul Sartre's appearance.

6. Describe the uniform Brecht devised for himself in developing of his persona.

7. How does Johnson describe Wilson's writings?

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

9. Why did Russell like Mathematics?

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

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