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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 type of vocation did Marx's family (on both sides) participate in?

2. Who transcribed Tolstoy's novels for him?

3. What poem did Shelley dedicate to his first wife?

4. What movement did Ralph Waldo Emerson found?

5. What year was Tolstoy born?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What duty did Percy Bysshe Shelley believe that the enlightened man had to society?

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

4. How did the American public view Hemingway?

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

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

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

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

9. How did Ibsen feel about medals and awards?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Johnson identifies rebellion against convention as a motivation for most intellectuals. Selecting several intellectuals and using textual evidence describe how their philosophy could be viewed as a rebellion against pervading society and describe how it changed the way people looked at conventions.

Essay Topic 2

One theme that Johnson identifies between several Intellectuals is how they championed people in the masses or as an idea, but they could not deal with people or empathize with them individually. Select at least three intellectuals that embody this theme and elaborate on how Johnson establishes it through their works, statements, and biographical information.

Essay Topic 3

What is Paul Johnson's writing style? Discuss both the mechanical aspect of his writing and his "voice" throughout the book. Make sure and discuss what literary tools and devices he relies on most and what specific parts of the text reflect his voice?

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