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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 many siblings did Sartre have?
(a) 9.
(b) 1.
(c) He was an only child.
(d) 4.
2. How was Brecht's work received in the United States?
(a) He was not accepted.
(b) The government provided him with a small stipend.
(c) Hollywood embraced his style.
(d) Brecht never attempted to promote his work in America.
3. What is the name of the person, whom Ibsen based his character of Nora from A Doll's House on?
(a) Kirste Holst.
(b) Miriam White.
(c) Hilde Wangel.
(d) Laura Kieler.
4. Who did Brecht leave rights to his works to in his will?
(a) He left half of his oeuvre to the Communist Party and half to his wife.
(b) He left different works to four women.
(c) He left his estate to his illegimate children and left out his wife.
(d) He left everything to his wife.
5. When Marx could not find an academic position after receiving his doctorate, what type of work did begin?
(a) He because a privat tutor.
(b) He became a journalist.
(c) He became a factory foreman.
(d) He became a librarian.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of Hellman's first hit play?
2. What country was Ibsen born in?
3. What lecture given by Ralph Waldo Emerson would be dubbed the American 'intellectual declaration of independence?'
4. What position did Sartre take after he was released from being a POW?
5. What political party did Sartre decide to back for four years, beginning in 1952?
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