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

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

3. What was the nickname of Helen Demuth who spent her life working for the Marx family?
(a) Dogga.
(b) Heddy.
(c) Lenchen.
(d) Grava.

4. What happened to Rousseau's children?
(a) He abandoned all of them at orphanages.
(b) They all grew up to be writers.
(c) They were adopted by Lord Boswell in England.
(d) They all died at birth.

5. How many siblings did Ibsen have?
(a) 2.
(b) He was an only child.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. For which American newspaper did Marx work as a European correspondent for?

2. How did Ibsen pay for his university education?

3. Who did Tolstoy correspond with frequently in his old age, offering his opinions on every subject?

4. What was Ibsen's first literary success?

5. Where is Rousseau buried?

(see the answer key)

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