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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For which American newspaper did Marx work as a European correspondent for?
(a) The Guardian.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The New York Daily Tribune.
(d) The New York Times.

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

3. What lecture given by Ralph Waldo Emerson would be dubbed the American 'intellectual declaration of independence?'
(a) The Times.
(b) Human Life.
(c) The American Scholar.
(d) Nature.

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

5. What year was Shelley born?
(a) 1763.
(b) 1792.
(c) 1799.
(d) 1811.

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

7. How did Ibsen pay for his university education?
(a) By waiting tables.
(b) By writing plays.
(c) He worked at the fish docks.
(d) He worked as a grammar tutor.

8. What was Ibsen's first literary success?
(a) The Pretenders.
(b) The Wild Duck.
(c) A Doll's House.
(d) Hedda Gabler.

9. What year was Tolstoy born?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1828.

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

11. What was the name of Hemingway's third wife?
(a) Pauline Pfeiffer.
(b) Martha Gellhorn.
(c) Hadley Richardson.
(d) Mary Welsh.

12. How did Hemingway regard organized religion?
(a) He had no opinion on religion.
(b) He identified Christianity with male honor.
(c) He believed in personal worship rather than organized religion.
(d) He saw it as a menace to human happiness.

13. What mistress of Shelley's would live to be over eighty and inspire Henry James's story, The Aspern Papers?
(a) Claire Clairmont.
(b) Mary Hoppner.
(c) Beth Owen.
(d) Elena Goodwin.

14. How did Hemingway interact with his fellow writers?
(a) He was close friends with many writers and corresponded with them frequently.
(b) He mentored many writers and took pains to help other develop their writing voice.
(c) He bitterly quarreled with all of them except Ezra Pound.
(d) He was indifferent towards other writers and did not have much interaction with them.

15. What year was Hemingway born?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1903.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first great nineteenth century American intellectual?

2. What vices appealed to Tolstoy the most?

3. What was the name of the estate that Tolstoy inherited from his mother?

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

5. What is the name of Marx's wife?

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