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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Saint-Simon not participate in the French Revolution?
(a) He was in exile.
(b) He considered it destructive.
(c) He was too young.
(d) He was in prison.

2. What were Michelet's other books like after his History of France?
(a) Smaller, but more detailed.
(b) Smaller, but more visionary.
(c) Longer, and more confusing.
(d) Longer, and more detailed.

3. What did Taine study after 1871, when the Commune was established?
(a) Science and religion.
(b) Mysticism and spirituality.
(c) Philosophy and language.
(d) Politics and economics.

4. When did Marx express the desire to help humanity?
(a) In his graduate thesis.
(b) In his political activism.
(c) In the final exams for high school.
(d) In elementary school essays.

5. What position did Marx take in 1842?
(a) Editor-in-chief of a newspaper.
(b) Investigative reporter.
(c) Editor of a radical magazine.
(d) Political activist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Saint-Simon thought society should be based on ____________.

2. What did Taine believe about the French Revolution?

3. How does Edmund Wilson describe the relationship between Marx and Engels?

4. Where did Marx learn about the ideas of Saint-Simon?

5. Why was Marx placed under police surveillance at the university?

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