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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Troubled Conscience of Victor Gollancz.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Brecht's first Marxist work that was produced in 1930?
(a) Kaspar.
(b) Threepenny Opera.
(c) Erfolg.
(d) Die Massanhme.

3. What was the name of Tolstoy's wife?
(a) Aksinya.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Valerya.
(d) Anna.

4. On average how many books did Sartre read every year?
(a) About 100.
(b) He only read one, but studied it intensely.
(c) About 300.
(d) He read one per week, 52.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Sartre's first philosophical novel published in 1938?

2. What was Hemingway's nickname?

3. What was the name of Tolstoy's youngest daughter that revered him as his disciple?

4. What is the name of the partner, with whom Marx co-authored many of his works?

5. What was the nickname of Hemingway's son, Jack?

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