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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Brecht request to have done with his remains upon his death?
(a) He wanted to be cremated.
(b) He wanted to be buried at sea.
(c) He wanted to be interred in an above ground marble masoleum.
(d) He wanted to be buried in a steel coffin.

3. What language did Wilson learn and master in order to read books in their original form in the 1930s?
(a) French.
(b) Russian.
(c) Spanish.
(d) German.

4. What is the autobiography penned by Sartre?
(a) La Vie.
(b) Rouge.
(c) Les Mots.
(d) C'est la.

5. What year did Sartre die?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1980.

6. What was the name of Gollancz'a wife?
(a) Esther.
(b) Sybil.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Hilary.

7. What year did Hellman die?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1989.

8. How was Brecht's work received in the United States?
(a) The government provided him with a small stipend.
(b) Hollywood embraced his style.
(c) He was not accepted.
(d) Brecht never attempted to promote his work in America.

9. How many siblings did Sartre have?
(a) 1.
(b) He was an only child.
(c) 9.
(d) 4.

10. What political party did Sartre decide to back for four years, beginning in 1952?
(a) The Communist Party.
(b) The French National Party.
(c) The Nazi's.
(d) The New Socialist Party.

11. What job did Hellman have with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1929?
(a) She read scripts.
(b) She was a delivery girl.
(c) She was an editor.
(d) She was a staff writer.

12. What was Brecht's first successful play?
(a) The Mother.
(b) The Slave.
(c) Spartakus.
(d) Triumph and Sadness.

13. What year did Gollancz die?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1967.

14. What type of contact did Hellman have with the workers?
(a) Hellman had two close friends from the worker class.
(b) Hellman minutely studied the workers and even lived with them for a year.
(c) Hellman had little contact with the workers.
(d) Hellman came from a low-income family.

15. What year did Russell die?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1951.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many books did he author?

2. Where did Russell believe all of the answers to the riddles of the universe could be found?

3. What was the name of the intellectual who Johnson claimed attempted to legitimize personal violence?

4. Why did Hellman owe almost two hundred thousand dollars to the government in 1952?

5. Which political party did Bertolt Brecht faithfully serve?

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