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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Jean-Paul Sartre: 'A Little Ball of Fur and Ink'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vocation did Rousseau's father have?
(a) He was a writer.
(b) He was born an aristocrat.
(c) He was a politician.
(d) He was a watchmaker.

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

3. What was the name of Hemingway's favorite sister?
(a) Ernesta.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Dorthy.
(d) Ursula.

4. Which benefactress of Rousseau died of malnutrition after he refused to help her in her old age?
(a) Mademoiselle Groton.
(b) Madame de Warens.
(c) Mademoiselle Lambercier.
(d) Madame D'Epinary.

5. What political approach did Hemingway take in his perspective of the Spanish Civil War?
(a) He wrote with a republican agenda.
(b) He wrote from the Communist Party line.
(c) He wrote with an emphasis on Capitalism.
(d) He supported the Fascist perspective.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Brecht die?

2. Where was Rousseau born?

3. What was Hemingway's first published work?

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

5. Which of the following armies did Tolstoy not fight during his tenure with the Russian army?

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