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

2. What novel did Shelley's wife Mary author?

3. How did Ibsen pay for his university education?

4. What year did Tolstoy die?

5. What is the name of the partner, with whom Marx co-authored many of his works?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Hemingway was particularly prone to accidents - what were some of the most severe?

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

4. What personal hygiene habits did Hemingway have?

5. What arrangement did Shelley attempt to make with his women counterparts, that never worked?

6. Describe Ibsen's appearance.

7. What addiction did Hemingway suffer from most of his life?

8. Describe Rousseau's family life in his youth.

9. What are some similarities between Tolstoy and Rousseau?

10. Following his death, how did scholars like Eliot, Hugo, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Kant and Shelley regard Rousseau?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Johnson's definition of an intellectual? What was his criteria for one and how to the people mentioned in the book match with this criteria?

Essay Topic 2

Johnson spend a lot of time discussing how each Intellectual saw himself, and how each defined their role in relation to mankind. Select two different Intellectuals compare and contrast using textual evidence the self image each had and what effect they hoped to achieve in the world.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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