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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Robert Owen work?
(a) In a factory in London.
(b) In a textile mill in Manchester.
(c) In a shipping company in Glasgow.
(d) In a mining town in Nottingham.

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

3. How does Edmund Wilson describe the relationship between Marx and Engels?
(a) Marx gave Engels structure and inspiration.
(b) Engels gave Marx support.
(c) Engels gave Marx intellectual seriousness and political zeal.
(d) Marx kept Engels from going stray.

4. What does Edmund Wilson say about the French artists' and intellectuals' engagement with politics after Louis Bonaparte became Emperor in 1851?
(a) They were deeply committed to fighting for the workers.
(b) They wanted to preserve the old feudal system of patronage.
(c) They wanted to create their own republic.
(d) They were not interested.

5. What did "The Condition of the Working Class in England" do for Marx?
(a) It gave him a background in economics and society.
(b) It gave him publicity.
(c) It gave him legitimacy as an author.
(d) It gave him experience organizing and writing a long tract

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Babeuf do when he got out of prison?

2. What action did Lassalle warn Bismarck against when they met?

3. What character trait does Edmund Wilson see in both Fourier and Owen?

4. What was Michelet's relationship with socialism?

5. What organization did Lassalle establish?

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