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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 play did Hellman write in the 1960s that was a big success?

2. What honor did Gollancz receive in 1945?

3. How was Brecht's work received in the United States?

4. What year did Orwell die?

5. What was the name of Hellman's play that dealt with strikes and was a disaster?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Brecht's childhood.

3. Describe Jean-Paul Sartre's appearance.

4. Why was Hellman blacklisted from Hollywood in 1948?

5. What importance did Sartre place upon literature and letters?

6. What political views did Wilson adopt during the Great Depression?

7. Why does Johnson describe Russell as being detached from physical reality?

8. Describe the uniform Brecht devised for himself in developing of his persona.

9. Briefly describe the life of Dashiell Hammett, Hellman's long time lover.

10. How did Hellman view her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Johnson suggests that many of the thinkers could not relate or communicate with people, but were great at sympathizing with ideas. Using textual evidence, identify at least three thinkers who sympathized with ideas rather than actual people and explain how this was manifested.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The pursuit and the relation of truth are important themes in Intellectuals. Using at least three intellectuals discuss how they relate to this theme of truth and their attitude towards it. Comment on what inferences Johnson draw towards the importance of truth.

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