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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 caused Brecht to leave Germany in 1933?
(a) He was offered a position in Russia.
(b) He married a woman from Italy.
(c) He was invited to go to Hollywood.
(d) Hitler came to power.

2. What year did Brecht die?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1959.

3. What nickname did Sartre's mother have for him?
(a) Poulou.
(b) Petit homme.
(c) Precieuse.
(d) Beau.

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

5. Where did Russell believe all of the answers to the riddles of the universe could be found?
(a) In the Bible.
(b) In the human mind.
(c) He believed that most things could not be solved or understood.
(d) In observing nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nickname of Helen Demuth who spent her life working for the Marx family?

2. What type of relationship did Hemingway have with his mother?

3. What friend did Russell give $3000.00 of stock to during WWII?

4. What lecture given by Ralph Waldo Emerson would be dubbed the American 'intellectual declaration of independence?'

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

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