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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 was the name of the progressive school that Russell set up?

2. What was the name of Connolly's wife?

3. What was the name of the American philosophy graduate who became Russell's secretary?

4. What about Orwell's lifestyle was unlike other intellectuals or writers?

5. What foreign country did Gollancz live in briefly while working for the Ministry of Food?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hellman view her mother?

2. Why was Hellman blacklisted from Hollywood in 1948?

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

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

5. How did Sartre feel towards America?

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

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

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

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

10. What business arrangements did Brecht make for himself in 1949 that gave him artistic freedom as well as great revenue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Johnson, define a "man of letter's" and contrast this with Johnson's definition of an intellectual. What individuals in the book could be label man of letters and why?

Essay Topic 2

Is there an overarching moral to Intellectual, and if so, what is it and how does Johnson establish this moral?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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