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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 did Russell feel about war?

2. How did Waugh describe society?

3. What year did Gollancz die?

4. What opera had Gollancz seen forty-seven times before the age of twenty-one?

5. What was the name of the first publishing firm that Gollancz worked for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What importance did Sartre place upon literature and letters?

2. Describe Brecht's childhood.

3. How did Gollancz typically make his agreements with authors?

4. Why did Russell like Mathematics?

5. Describe Jean-Paul Sartre's appearance.

6. Why does Johnson believe that Gollancz is an important intellectual if he did not give birth to a salient idea himself?

7. Describe the uniform Brecht devised for himself in developing of his persona.

8. How did Hellman view her mother?

9. According to Johnson, what did Orwell believe about what force had the power to shape the world.

10. Why does Johnson describe Russell as being detached from physical reality?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Johnson, define a "man of letter's" and contrast this with Johnson's definition of an intellectual. What individuals in the book could be label man of letters and why?

Essay Topic 2

One theme that Johnson identifies between several Intellectuals is how they championed people in the masses or as an idea, but they could not deal with people or empathize with them individually. Select at least three intellectuals that embody this theme and elaborate on how Johnson establishes it through their works, statements, and biographical information.

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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