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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Karl Marx: 'Howling Gigantic Curses'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Rousseau's first novel?
(a) Emile.
(b) Pensees.
(c) La Nouvelle Histoire.
(d) La Nouvelle Heloise.

2. Which contemporary of Rousseau's wrote an attack on him called Le Sentiment des Citoyens?
(a) Voltaire.
(b) Grimm.
(c) Diderot.
(d) Hume.

3. Who would receive Shelley's title of baronet?
(a) His friend Byron.
(b) His cousin William.
(c) His son Percy.
(d) His son Charles.

4. What 10,000 word essay did Shelley write in 1821 as a statement of social purpose?
(a) A Defense of Poetry.
(b) The Revolt of Islam.
(c) Ode to Poetry.
(d) Ode to the Tyrant.

5. In what year did Marx write the Communist Manifesto?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1873.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the book that Marx spent most of his life working on?

2. Which benefactress of Rousseau died of malnutrition after he refused to help her in her old age?

3. What happened to Rousseau's children?

4. What is the name of the partner, with whom Marx co-authored many of his works?

5. When Marx could not find an academic position after receiving his doctorate, what type of work did begin?

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