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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 pregnancies did Tolstoy's wife have?

2. What is the name of Ibsen's wife?

3. What was the nickname of Hemingway's son, Jack?

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

5. What caused Hemingway to lose interest in his affair with Jane Mason?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Rousseau's family life in his youth.

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

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

4. When Marx wrote poetry as a child, what was the content of his creations?

5. Describe Harriet Shelley.

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

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

8. Hemingway was particularly prone to accidents - what were some of the most severe?

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

10. What personal hygiene habits did Hemingway have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Bertrand Russell called an abstract philosopher? Using textual evidence discuss what the underlying premise of his philosophy was and how it affected his work and other intellectuals.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What was Johnson's definition of an intellectual? What was his criteria for one and how to the people mentioned in the book match with this criteria?

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