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

2. What ancient languages did Shelley attain great fluency in at Eton?
(a) Hebrew and Sanskrit.
(b) Greek and Hebrew.
(c) Latin and Greek.
(d) Latin and Egyptian.

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

4. What happened to Rousseau's children?
(a) They were adopted by Lord Boswell in England.
(b) They all grew up to be writers.
(c) They all died at birth.
(d) He abandoned all of them at orphanages.

5. For which American newspaper did Marx work as a European correspondent for?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Guardian.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The New York Daily Tribune.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which contemporary of Rousseau's wrote an attack on him called Le Sentiment des Citoyens?

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

4. How did Marx's daughter Laura die?

5. What type of vocation did Marx's family (on both sides) participate in?

(see the answer key)

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