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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Marx's work birthed political journalism. What did he invent?
(a) Social reporting.
(b) Documentary reporting.
(c) Political reporting.
(d) Investigative reporting.

3. How important was Hegel to Marx?
(a) He was not important to Marx.
(b) He was not known by Marx.
(c) He was somewhat important.
(d) He was a big influence on Marx.

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

5. What does Rius want this book to be?
(a) Difficult to understand.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Very simple.
(d) Comprehensible.

6. How does Rius describe Marx?
(a) As an important thinker.
(b) As crazy.
(c) As very confused.
(d) As an interesting man.

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

8. Engels was the son of whom?
(a) A peasant.
(b) A lord.
(c) A wealthy banker.
(d) A wealthy textile merchant.

9. What does Rius believe is worth trying?
(a) Writing a biography about Marx.
(b) Believing Marx.
(c) Summarizing Marx.
(d) Studying Marx.

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

11. How much of Marx's work does Rius want to present?
(a) Most of it.
(b) A sample.
(c) All of it.
(d) Only one piece of writing.

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

13. When was Marx expelled from Germany?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1849.

14. Who was ruthlessly exploited?
(a) German workers.
(b) Jewish workers.
(c) French workers.
(d) English workers.

15. What did Marx do even when he was misunderstood?
(a) He continued his work.
(b) He became less radical.
(c) He supported capitalism.
(d) He stayed in Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does this approach do for Rius?

2. How might Rius describe Marx's many works?

3. Others would say that Marxist thought is what?

4. What happened when Marx became unpopular with European governments?

5. What had Marx become now that Germany had expelled him?

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