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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupation did Hemingway's father hold?

2. What type of relationship did Hemingway have with his mother?

3. What vocation did Rousseau's father have?

4. What was Ibsen's last statement?

5. What is the name of Marx's daughter, who became a mistress of Edward Aveling?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some similarities between Tolstoy and Rousseau?

2. What comparison can be made between the views of Emerson and the views of Marx?

3. How did Ibsen interact with women?

4. How was Emerson viewed in his time?

5. Describe one of Hemingway's wives in appearance and personality.

6. Why did Tolstoy go through periods where he would renounce art and only exert moral leadership?

7. Why could it be argued that Karl Marx is the intellectual who has had the most impact on people?

8. How did Tolstoy view women?

9. What effect did Ernst Hemingway have upon American culture?

10. Describe the typical arc of Rousseau's friendships.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss in depth how several intellectuals used artistic works to make political statements and how these statements were received by the public.

Essay Topic 2

Why is Bertrand Russell called an abstract philosopher? Using textual evidence discuss what the underlying premise of his philosophy was and how it affected his work and other intellectuals.

Essay Topic 3

Johnson suggests that many of the thinkers could not relate or communicate with people, but were great at sympathizing with ideas. Using textual evidence, identify at least three thinkers who sympathized with ideas rather than actual people and explain how this was manifested.

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