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

2. What poem did Shelley dedicate to his first wife?
(a) Queen Mab.
(b) The Cenci.
(c) The Bride of Abydos.
(d) Horrid Mysteries.

3. What year did Wilson die?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1972.

4. How did Hemingway regard organized religion?
(a) He had no opinion on religion.
(b) He believed in personal worship rather than organized religion.
(c) He identified Christianity with male honor.
(d) He saw it as a menace to human happiness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Hellman have with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1929?

2. What was Hemingway's nickname?

3. What nickname did Sartre's mother have for him?

4. What novel did Shelley's wife Mary author?

5. How did Hemingway feel about the media, including photo-calls and interviews?

(see the answer key)

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