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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. How many children did Shelley have?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 7.
(d) He had no children.

2. How did Marx support his family financially through most of his life?
(a) He was supported by the government and received a salary for his work.
(b) His writings were an immediate success and provided handsomely for the family.
(c) He worked as a railway clerk.
(d) He borrowed money and received legacies from family.

3. Where is Rousseau buried?
(a) Montmartre.
(b) Verdunne.
(c) Pere Lachaise Cemetery.
(d) Ile des Peupliers.

4. Where was Rousseau born?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Provence.
(c) Paris.
(d) Geneva.

5. What is the name of Rousseau's first novel?
(a) Emile.
(b) La Nouvelle Histoire.
(c) Pensees.
(d) La Nouvelle Heloise.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Rousseau first become known?

2. Which of the following is not a play penned by Ibsen?

3. What young woman was a laundress and agreed to become Rousseau's mistress on a permanent basis?

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

5. What mistress of Shelley's would live to be over eighty and inspire Henry James's story, The Aspern Papers?

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