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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Troubled Conscience of Victor Gollancz.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political cause did Gollancz successfully campaign for that was close to his heart?
(a) He was a spokesperson for veneral disease awareness.
(b) He fought for education reform.
(c) He was an advocate for women's suffrage.
(d) The movement to abolish capital punishment.

2. What religion did Ibsen follow?
(a) He was an atheist.
(b) He was Jewish.
(c) He was Catholic.
(d) He was Protestant.

3. What foreign country did Gollancz live in briefly while working for the Ministry of Food?
(a) India.
(b) China.
(c) Japan.
(d) Singapore.

4. What honor did Gollancz receive in 1945?
(a) The Nobel Prize.
(b) A Knighthood.
(c) He was elected to parliament.
(d) The Golden Seal, a publishers award.

5. What subject did Gollancz teach at Repton?
(a) French.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) History.
(d) Classics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ibsen's wife?

2. What was the name of the first publishing firm that Gollancz worked for?

3. What venture did Gollancz start to counter the unwillingness of booksellers to stock ultra-left propaganda?

4. How many siblings did Ibsen have?

5. What caused Brecht to leave Germany in 1933?

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