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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Henrik Ibsen: 'On the Contrary'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ancient languages did Shelley attain great fluency in at Eton?
(a) Latin and Egyptian.
(b) Greek and Hebrew.
(c) Hebrew and Sanskrit.
(d) Latin and Greek.

2. For which American newspaper did Marx work as a European correspondent for?
(a) The Washington Post.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The New York Daily Tribune.
(d) The Guardian.

3. What 10,000 word essay did Shelley write in 1821 as a statement of social purpose?
(a) A Defense of Poetry.
(b) Ode to Poetry.
(c) The Revolt of Islam.
(d) Ode to the Tyrant.

4. How did Shelley die?
(a) He drowned.
(b) He overdosed on opium.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He suffered a heart attack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which benefactress of Rousseau died of malnutrition after he refused to help her in her old age?

2. What poem did Shelley dedicate to his first wife?

3. What was the name of Rousseau's dog?

4. How did Marx support his family financially through most of his life?

5. What is the name of Rousseau's first novel?

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