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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Tolstoy: God's Elder Brother.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What vices appealed to Tolstoy the most?
(a) Lying and forging.
(b) Women and gambling.
(c) Drinking and hunting.
(d) Drugs and alcohol.

3. What was Ibsen's last statement?
(a) I have conquered.
(b) I will sleep peacefully.
(c) No thank you.
(d) On the contrary.

4. What young woman was a laundress and agreed to become Rousseau's mistress on a permanent basis?
(a) Madame d'Epinay.
(b) Madame Melchior.
(c) Therese Levasseur.
(d) Joan MacDonald.

5. What University did Marx receive his doctorate from?
(a) Sorbonne University.
(b) Berlin University.
(c) Oxford University.
(d) Bonn University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What 10,000 word essay did Shelley write in 1821 as a statement of social purpose?

2. What was the name of Shelley's first wife?

3. In what year did Marx write the Communist Manifesto?

4. Who transcribed Tolstoy's novels for him?

5. What is the name of Marx's daughter, who became a mistress of Edward Aveling?

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