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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 (pg. 95-123).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Pythagoras argue?
(a) Formulas can be used in mathematics to discover new answers.
(b) The earth is round.
(c) The earth is the center of the universe.
(d) The earth was not at the center of the universe.

2. On what did Engels write a piece for the "Annuals?"
(a) The artisans of the textile industry.
(b) Economics and condition of the working poor.
(c) The organization of the wealthy.
(d) The benefits of wealth.

3. What does Rius hope the reader will eventually do?
(a) Become a Marxist.
(b) Fight capitalism.
(c) Encourage communism.
(d) Try to tackle Marx's actual works.

4. When does alienation occur?
(a) When one is left alone in a strange land.
(b) The making of a company into a machine.
(c) An exploited laborer earns a wage, but the object he makes belongs to someone else, and the worker becomes a machine.
(d) When one becomes isolated.

5. How did Spinoza think of God?
(a) As a spiritual principle.
(b) As the Almighty.
(c) As a myth.
(d) As a leader of men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rius think about some of Marx's work?

2. What was the counter attack of science and reason against religious fanaticism and dogma?

3. What does Rius want to do regarding Marx?

4. Aristotle argued that social conflict occurred because of what reason?

5. The term from number 116 comes from Greek where it means what?

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