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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, what happened to the bourgeoisie after the French Revolution?
(a) They became entrepreneurs.
(b) They were reduced to workers.
(c) They retained their power.
(d) They became the capitalist owners.

2. According to Edmund Wilson, Saint-Simon represented______________.
(a) The ancien regime.
(b) The bourgeoisie.
(c) The new kind of writer.
(d) The poor.

3. How old was Babeuf during the Revolution?
(a) Twenty-nine.
(b) Thirty-seven.
(c) Thirty-four.
(d) Forty-six.

4. What was Saint-Simon's theory of history?
(a) A punctuated equilibrium.
(b) A seething chaos run by the powerful.
(c) Waves of equilibrium and breakdown.
(d) A cycle of development and destruction.

5. Michelet believed the history of the 19th century was summed up by _________.
(a) Industrialism, militarism, and socialism.
(b) Expansionism, militarism, and scientific progress.
(c) Religion, technology, and militarism.
(d) Capitalism, militarism, and colonialism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Michelet said that the bourgeoisie __________________.

2. According to Edmund Wilson, Babeuf saw the center of power during the French Revolution as being ______________.

3. According to the author, Michelet's writings demonstrate _____________.

4. What did Taine study after 1871, when the Commune was established?

5. What does Edmund Wilson say Taine tried to represent in his history?

(see the answer key)

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