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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Karl Marx: 'Howling Gigantic Curses'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Marx write the Communist Manifesto?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1873.

2. Where was Rousseau born?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Paris.
(d) Provence.

3. What was Shelley's nickname at school?
(a) Scythrop.
(b) The Eton atheist.
(c) Baron Secrecy.
(d) The Poet Prophet.

4. What novel did Shelley's wife Mary author?
(a) Frankenstein.
(b) Silas Marner.
(c) Northanger Abby.
(d) Pocession.

5. Who would receive Shelley's title of baronet?
(a) His son Percy.
(b) His cousin William.
(c) His friend Byron.
(d) His son Charles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vocation did Rousseau's father have?

2. What ancient languages did Shelley attain great fluency in at Eton?

3. What mistress of Shelley's would live to be over eighty and inspire Henry James's story, The Aspern Papers?

4. What happened to Rousseau's children?

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

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