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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 Tolstoy's wife?
(a) Valerya.
(b) Aksinya.
(c) Sonya.
(d) Anna.

2. What country was Ibsen born in?
(a) Germany.
(b) Norway.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Sweden.

3. What mistress of Shelley's would live to be over eighty and inspire Henry James's story, The Aspern Papers?
(a) Elena Goodwin.
(b) Claire Clairmont.
(c) Beth Owen.
(d) Mary Hoppner.

4. What year did Tolstoy die?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1910.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Bertrand Russell born?

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

3. How many siblings did Ibsen have?

4. How did Hemingway interact with his fellow writers?

5. What other Intellectual influenced Tolstoy in his youth?

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