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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. How did Hemingway feel about the media, including photo-calls and interviews?

2. How did Marx's daughter Laura die?

3. Who did Tolstoy correspond with frequently in his old age, offering his opinions on every subject?

4. What vocation did Rousseau's father have?

5. In what year did Marx write the Communist Manifesto?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What personal hygiene habits did Hemingway have?

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

4. What type of soldier was Tolstoy?

5. Describe Harriet Shelley.

6. How was Emerson viewed in his time?

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

8. How did Ibsen interact with women?

9. What are some similarities between Tolstoy and Rousseau?

10. What type of childhood did Shelley have as described in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Intellectuals suggests that Ibsen addressed social conventions and changed the way society viewed personal freedoms. What social conventions did Ibsen draw attention to, and how did his view of personal freedom affect society and other intellectuals mentioned in the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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