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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many drafts of War and Peace did Tolstoy write?

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

3. What occupation did Hemingway's father hold?

4. How did Marx support his family financially through most of his life?

5. How many pregnancies did Tolstoy's wife have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Harriet Shelley.

2. How was Emerson viewed in his time?

3. What comparison can be made between the views of Emerson and the views of Marx?

4. What duty did Percy Bysshe Shelley believe that the enlightened man had to society?

5. What type of soldier was Tolstoy?

6. Describe Ibsen's appearance.

7. What addiction did Hemingway suffer from most of his life?

8. Why could it be argued that Karl Marx is the intellectual who has had the most impact on people?

9. Why did Tolstoy go through periods where he would renounce art and only exert moral leadership?

10. How did the American public view Hemingway?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Johnson states that Hemingway invented a new type of writing style that affect the rest of American writers. Identify this style and how it would go onto influence other intellectual using textual examples from Intellectuals.

Essay Topic 2

The pursuit and the relation of truth are important themes in Intellectuals. Using at least three intellectuals discuss how they relate to this theme of truth and their attitude towards it. Comment on what inferences Johnson draw towards the importance of truth.

Essay Topic 3

Johnson pays particular notice to the birth order of each individual and what their life was like growing up. Selecting at least three different intellectuals, compare their birth order, and childhood and how that affected their work as an artist and also their personal relationships at maturity.

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