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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 many drafts of War and Peace did Tolstoy write?

2. How did Marx's daughter Laura die?

3. How many pregnancies did Tolstoy's wife have?

4. What was Ibsen's last statement?

5. What was the name of the US Ambassador that gave him a job to look out for German U-boats?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the American public view Hemingway?

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

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

4. What are some similarities between Tolstoy and Rousseau?

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

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

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

8. How did Tolstoy view women?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One recurrent theme in Intellectual is that of self promotion at all costs, even using false information and media tactics to create a persona. Using specific textual examples discuss how at least two intellectuals embodied this idea of self promotion and executed the development of their persona.

Essay Topic 2

Define the philosophy of existentialism and how it influenced society, both in the time of Jena-Paul Sartre and today.

Essay Topic 3

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

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