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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Lies, Dammed Lies and Lillian Hellman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Tolstoy's youngest daughter that revered him as his disciple?
(a) Tanya.
(b) Masha.
(c) Sonya.
(d) Alexandra.

2. What type of relationship did Hemingway have with his mother?
(a) The had a mutual indifference towards each other.
(b) He respected her, but they often quarreled.
(c) He idolized her.
(d) He hated her.

3. Who opened Gollancz'a papers for inspection?
(a) His wife.
(b) His brother, Archibald.
(c) His daughter Livia.
(d) Gollancz asked that his papers be made public in his will.

4. Who did Tolstoy correspond with frequently in his old age, offering his opinions on every subject?
(a) Many serfs from his childhood home.
(b) Heads of state.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) The pope.

5. How did Marx's daughter Laura die?
(a) Drowning.
(b) She died in childbirth.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Throat cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Brecht die?

2. What other Intellectual influenced Tolstoy in his youth?

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

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

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

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