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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. "It was still a ______, only instinctive and frequently somewhat crude communism."

2. After this trial in #152, what happened to the group?

3. How long did the International Working Men's Association exist?

4. Who was proclaimed the chief of European reaction?

5. Where was a Russian translation published in the sixties?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the preface to this edition only to be signed by one man?

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

3. What occurred in London in November 1847?

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

5. Where in New York was a translation of The Communist Manifesto published?

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

7. What does this preface have to say that all history has been?

8. Where was The Communist Manifesto first published in English?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The role of property in this manuscript is one that could be hotly debated in today's world.

Part 1: How does Marx define property in this text?

Part 2: Why is property something that needs to become a communal possession?

Part 3: What happens when only one class of people own all the property?

Essay Topic 2

Though the arguments in The Communist Manifesto are found, the idea of communism is not something that has spread throughout the world.

Part 1: Do you think the argument in this text is strong? How? Why?

Part 2: Why has Communism not been as effective in today's world as Marx envisioned?

Part 3: Do you see Communism as a viable societal construct? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The overall goal of Communism is a bit more complex than it first seems.

Part 1: What seems to be the overall goal of Communism as written in this book?

Part 2: What does Communism want to do with Bourgeois freedoms?

Part 3: How will eliminating individual property advance the goals of Communism?

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