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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Michelet study in history?
(a) Technology's influence on the means of production.
(b) The theories that unified all history into one narrative.
(c) The range of religious expression.
(d) The personalities that played a role in it.

3. Why was Michelet suspended from his teaching post?
(a) Obscenity.
(b) Impropriety.
(c) Treason.
(d) Radicalism.

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

5. What did Michelet say about the French Revolution?
(a) The French Revolution was inseparable from developments in economic theory.
(b) The people were more important than the leaders.
(c) The masses would one day seize the means of production.
(d) The French Revolution was really a story about the development of military technology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Michelet focus on in his histories?

2. What did Michelet write after he had become the Conservator of the French Archives?

3. What language did Michelet NOT read?

4. What made Michelet unique?

5. What was Michelet trying to develop when he discovered the Renaissance philosopher?

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