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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Michelet write after he had become the Conservator of the French Archives?
(a) Introduction to Universal History.
(b) Roman History.
(c) History of the Middle Ages.
(d) The Insect.

2. 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.

3. Where did Owen put his idealistic notions into practice?
(a) In New Lanark.
(b) In Utopia.
(c) In Fruitlands.
(d) In Brook Farm.

4. What value does Edmund Wilson attribute to Michelet's work?
(a) He described the subterranean narrative driving history.
(b) He described history from the perspective of the people living through it.
(c) He told history from the poor people's perspective.
(d) He told the history of nations who lost wars but kept their culture intact.

5. How does Edmund Wilson describe Anatole France?
(a) As a Catholic.
(b) As a radical.
(c) As a racist.
(d) As a reformer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Michelet unique?

2. What did Michelet write about beginning in 1843?

3. What were Michelet's other books like after his History of France?

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

5. What did La Scienza Nuova describe?

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