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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. What year was Tolstoy born?

2. What novel did Shelley's wife Mary author?

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

4. What was the name of Rousseau's dog?

5. What was the name of Hemingway's favorite sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of soldier was Tolstoy?

2. What arrangement did Shelley attempt to make with his women counterparts, that never worked?

3. How did Ibsen interact with women?

4. What are some similarities between Tolstoy and Rousseau?

5. What action did Rousseau take after his second book prompted book burning and resulted in a warrant for his arrest in France?

6. Describe the typical arc of Rousseau's friendships.

7. How was Emerson viewed in his time?

8. Describe one of Hemingway's wives in appearance and personality.

9. What type of childhood did Shelley have as described in Chapter 2?

10. How did Marx believe that Socialism would come about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Intellectuals suggests that Rousseau is credited with affecting thinking in five areas. What are those areas, how did Rousseau change the way they were viewed in society and how have other intellectuals discussed in the book been influenced by them?

Essay Topic 2

Is there an overarching moral to Intellectual, and if so, what is it and how does Johnson establish this moral?

Essay Topic 3

Johnson spend a lot of time discussing how each Intellectual saw himself, and how each defined their role in relation to mankind. Select two different Intellectuals compare and contrast using textual evidence the self image each had and what effect they hoped to achieve in the world.

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