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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 Gollancz'a wife?

2. What was the name of the rich Philadelphian with whom Hellman became involved with towards the end of her life?

3. Which author began to correspond with Orwell and visited him in the hospital?

4. What was the name of the progressive school that Russell set up?

5. How many books did he author?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Brecht's childhood.

2. How did Hellman view her mother?

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

4. Describe Jean-Paul Sartre's appearance.

5. What redeeming quality does Johnson specifically note of Brecht?

6. Why did Gollancz prefer to hire female employees?

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

8. How does Johnson describe Wilson's writings?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

Why is Bertrand Russell called an abstract philosopher? Using textual evidence discuss what the underlying premise of his philosophy was and how it affected his work and other intellectuals.

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