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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Bertrand Russell: A case of Logical Fiddlesticks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Hemingway's first wife?
(a) Bryn Mawr.
(b) Katie Passos.
(c) Hadley Richardson.
(d) Martha Gellhorn.

2. Who would receive Shelley's title of baronet?
(a) His son Percy.
(b) His cousin William.
(c) His son Charles.
(d) His friend Byron.

3. What novel did Shelley's wife Mary author?
(a) Frankenstein.
(b) Silas Marner.
(c) Northanger Abby.
(d) Pocession.

4. Why did Ibsen claim he liked to be around young women?
(a) He liked to have them about as servants to take care of him.
(b) He was attracted sexually to young girls.
(c) He liked to pretend they were his daughters.
(d) They were muses for his writing.

5. What religion did Russell believe?
(a) He was an atheist.
(b) He became a Buddhist later in life.
(c) He was a Christian.
(d) He was Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ancient languages did Shelley attain great fluency in at Eton?

2. What political approach did Hemingway take in his perspective of the Spanish Civil War?

3. What was Ibsen's first literary success?

4. What year did Russell die?

5. What was the name of Hemingway's favorite sister?

(see the answer key)

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