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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. How did Ibsen pay for his university education?
(a) He worked at the fish docks.
(b) By waiting tables.
(c) By writing plays.
(d) He worked as a grammar tutor.

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) Claire Clairmont.
(d) Beth Owen.

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

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

5. What work did Rousseau write that was autobiographical?
(a) Caro.
(b) Confessions.
(c) Emile.
(d) L'Essan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Marx's daughter Laura die?

2. What is the name of the school mistress who loaned Shelley 100 pounds (her life savings), that was never repaid.

3. Which contemporary of Rousseau's wrote an attack on him called Le Sentiment des Citoyens?

4. How many children did Rousseau have with his wife?

5. What is the name of Ibsen's acknowledged son?

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