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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. This basic thought belongs solely and exclusively to ___________.

2. What are the European and American proletariat working to gain at the time of this preface?

3. The limited field the proletarian movement occupied at that time is most clearly shown by the __________ section of the Manifesto.

4. What is one of the countries missing from this section from #111 in the Manifesto?

5. Where was this preface signed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What drove into the background the social and political aspirations of the European working class?

2. Where did the proletariat for the first time hold political power for two whole months?

3. Who used to supply raw materials to Europe while also being the market for the sale of its industrial products?

4. What occurred in London in November 1847?

5. What is the date of this preface's signing?

6. Who is responsible for the basic thought running through The Communist Manifesto?

7. Describe the burial of the answer to #43, as described by the remaining author.

8. Who was the international association of workers which could only be a secret one under conditions at the time?

9. What is the only answer that is possible today, according to the final paragraph of this section?

10. What is the state of land ownership in Russia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many have argued that Communism does not leave any room for the individual, their needs, wants and growth.

Part 1: What does the individual have to gain from Communism?

Part 2: What does the individual have to lose from the use of Communism?

Part 3: What role do religion and culture have to play in Communism?

Essay Topic 2

Communism is something many people have grown up to fear, rather than to accept.

Part 1: What did this manuscript tell you about Communism that you didn't already know?

Part 2: Have your views of Communism changed? Why or why not?

Part 3: Define Communism as you now understand it after reading this text.

Essay Topic 3

The progression of society is where Marx begins this theories.

Part 1: Describe the progress of society in relation to the development of the class system.

Part 2: What was the previous construct of society that begin to set up the two distinct groups?

Part 3: If society constantly changes, does it seem likely that the class system will also go away one day, just as it developed at one point?

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