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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Conclusions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Fourier believe was the most powerful of human passions?
(a) Unity.
(b) Love.
(c) The senses.
(d) Intrigue.

2. What races does the author say Fourier disliked?
(a) Jews and Englishmen.
(b) Germans and Russians.
(c) Russians and Frenchmen.
(d) Jews and Frenchmen.

3. What does the author offer about the nature of Europe in hopes of educating Americans?
(a) Basic cultural history.
(b) No opinion.
(c) A scolding remark.
(d) Indepth analysis of Europe.

4. Complete the following sentence by the author regarding Fourier, "The autonomy of art has its origin in the concealment of ______".
(a) Lies.
(b) Truth.
(c) Race.
(d) Labor.

5. What concept does the author credit as an attribute of the modern world along with ennui?
(a) Rudeness.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Lying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 4 of the book?

2. How many street cafes were in Paris in 1757?

3. What word did the author use to describe the nature of the workweek for Europeans in the 1800s that was finger numbing?

4. What kinds of writings were mentioned as being part of Romanticism?

5. What religious denomination does the author discuss being cultivated in the community in Chapter 12?

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