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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "Communist Manifesto" by Marx and Engel wanted to end ____________.

2. What doctrine influenced both Marx and Engels?

3. What work did Engels have to finish when Marx died?

4. What philosopher did Engels become interested in when he was in Berlin?

5. What made Marx and Engels pioneers in their field?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the theory of dialectical materialism by Marx and Engels reflect Hegel's influence?

2. What was Marx' engagement with the Workers' Associations by the time Das Kapital was finished?

3. How did Marx ultimately find Engels?

4. Describe the relationship between Lenin and Trotsky.

5. Describe Lenin's relationship with his wife.

6. How did Marx and Engels describe the stages of economic development?

7. How does dialectical materialism correlate to economic phenomena?

8. Describe Lenin's temperament and methods.

9. What effect did Marx have on Engels?

10. What was Marx' standard for saying that the proletariat and bourgeoisie moralities are opposed to each other?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you characterize Edmund Wilson's values and his intellectual temperament? What part of this genealogy was interesting to Wilson? Judging by his material, his omissions, and his methods, what can you say about Wilson's style and his intellectual preoccupations?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Fourier's communes never progressed, while Owen's did? Was it simply a question of money, or were there other factors? How do you explain the fact that Owen's communes fell apart if he was gone? What do these things tell us about communist theory and practice?

Essay Topic 3

Engels, for one, had a conversion experience that brought him to communism. How did thinkers find communism as a solution to society's problems or questions? Were they converted? What had they believed before? For what questions or problems was communism the answer?

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