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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 tall was Sartre?

2. After Gollancz broke with the Communist, which party did he begin to support?

3. What event caused the breakup of Wilson's marriage to Mary McCarthy?

4. What friend did Russell give $3000.00 of stock to during WWII?

5. Who opened Gollancz'a papers for inspection?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Bertrand Russell write so much?

2. Why does Johnson believe that Gollancz is an important intellectual if he did not give birth to a salient idea himself?

3. After Wilson's visit to Russia, what were his impressions of the country and people on his return home?

4. What did Orwell think of fellow intellectuals in comparison to the poor?

5. According to Johnson, what did Orwell believe about what force had the power to shape the world.

6. What event caused Orwell to realize that the left was capable of injustice and cruelty of kind almost unknown?

7. How did Sartre feel towards America?

8. How did Hellman view her father?

9. What type of relationships did Gollancz have with people from the working class?

10. Describe Brecht's childhood.

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

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 3

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.

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