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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 year was Hemingway born?

2. What lecture given by Ralph Waldo Emerson would be dubbed the American 'intellectual declaration of independence?'

3. What was the name of Tolstoy's youngest daughter that revered him as his disciple?

4. How did Hemingway regard organized religion?

5. How did Hemingway interact with his fellow writers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ibsen's appearance.

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

3. What action did Rousseau take after his second book prompted book burning and resulted in a warrant for his arrest in France?

4. When Marx wrote poetry as a child, what was the content of his creations?

5. What type of relationship did Marx have with the working class?

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

7. How did Marx believe that Socialism would come about?

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

9. How did Tolstoy view women?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Intellectuals suggests that Rousseau is credited with affecting thinking in five areas. What are those areas, how did Rousseau change the way they were viewed in society and how have other intellectuals discussed in the book been influenced by them?

Essay Topic 2

Intellectuals suggests that many great thinkers have uncommon or dysfunctional personal or family relationships. Using textual evidence, identify at least three thinkers who had uncommon family relationships and discuss how this effected their work and their personal life, comparing and contrasting each thinker with the other.

Essay Topic 3

According to Johnson, define a "man of letter's" and contrast this with Johnson's definition of an intellectual. What individuals in the book could be label man of letters and why?

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