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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who often helped Marx out financially?
(a) His father.
(b) Engels.
(c) His father-in-law.
(d) Hegel.

2. What does Rius want to do regarding Marx?
(a) Introduce him to the average reader.
(b) Scare people away from Marxism and communism.
(c) Encourage readers to believe Marx's philosophies.
(d) Give students a taste of Marxism.

3. How many economic and philosophic terms did Marx produce?
(a) Tens.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Hundreds.

4. While working at this company, what did Engels see?
(a) The wretched life of the poor working class.
(b) The well-oiled capitalist machine.
(c) The difficulties of the wealthy.
(d) The beautiful work of the artisans.

5. Why was Jenny's father concerned about her marrying Marx?
(a) He had no money or work.
(b) He did not believe Marx loved his daughter.
(c) He was very wealthy and well-known.
(d) He did not like Marx's ideas.

6. Rius argues that Marx has done what?
(a) Made the world a scarier place.
(b) Made the world a simpler place.
(c) Made the world a better place.
(d) Made the world a complicated place.

7. Marx was most attracted to which of Hegel's philosophies?
(a) His Philosophy of Life.
(b) His Philosophy of Politics.
(c) His Philosophy of Democracy.
(d) His Philosophy of History.

8. What does Rius attempt to do with these terms?
(a) Alphabetize them.
(b) Organize them.
(c) Make them easier to understand.
(d) Categorize them.

9. Others would say that simplifying Marxism down for certain individuals is what?
(a) A waste of time.
(b) Useful.
(c) Beneficial.
(d) Interesting.

10. How did Rius learn about Marx?
(a) Through college courses.
(b) Through his father.
(c) Through friends.
(d) Through writing.

11. Who did Marx's activities continue to upset?
(a) The European Union.
(b) The French.
(c) The government.
(d) The Dutch.

12. For whom did Engels work for awhile?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) Marx.

13. How did Marx live for the rest of his life?
(a) In Paris.
(b) In hiding.
(c) In the United States.
(d) In poverty.

14. The terms "the left" and "the right" were coined when?
(a) About the time of Hegel's birth.
(b) About the time of Hegel's first meeting with Kant.
(c) About the time of Hegel's death.
(d) About the time of Hegel's philosophical studies.

15. Like others in his situation, to where did Marx move?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what did Engels write a piece for the "Annuals?"

2. Others would say that Marxist thought is what?

3. How might Rius' approach to Marxism be described?

4. Rius suggests what about non-Communists?

5. How did Marx's father feel about him studying philosophy?

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