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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, pgs. 324 - 342.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What movement did Ralph Waldo Emerson found?
(a) Naturalism.
(b) New Nationalism.
(c) Transcendentalism.
(d) Enviornmentalism.

2. what was the name of Hemingway's second wife?
(a) Hadley Richardson.
(b) Dorothy Smurthwaite.
(c) Pauline Pfeiffer.
(d) Mary Welsh.

3. What was the name of Sartre's longtime mistress?
(a) Louise Malraux.
(b) Emilie Pleiade.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) Simone de Beauvois.

4. How did Ibsen feel about dogs?
(a) He was deathly afraid of them.
(b) He was indifferent to animals in general.
(c) He adored dogs and had several as pets.
(d) The barking of dogs gave him headaches.

5. What was the name of the rich Philadelphian with whom Hellman became involved with towards the end of her life?
(a) Samuel McCracken.
(b) Arthut Cowan.
(c) Herbert Steiner.
(d) Joseph McCarthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of vocation did Marx's family (on both sides) participate in?

2. What was Brecht's first successful play?

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

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

5. What was the name of Hellman's play that dealt with strikes and was a disaster?

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