2. Rius argues that the various movements and revolutions that have happened since Marx's time point to what?
(a) An increasingly strong capitalism.
(b) An increasingly shaky capitalism.
(c) No change in either capitalism or socialism.
(d) An increasingly shaky socialism.

3. What does not offer proof for those things that it proposes?
(a) Pagans.
(b) Idealism.
(c) Dreamers.
(d) Liberal.

4. Giambattista Vico produced some _____________________ during this time, although he is not as well-known.
(a) Important ideas.
(b) Interesting ideas.
(c) Forgotten ideas.
(d) Useless ideas.

5. Marx's theories were leading him away from what?
(a) Pure philosophy.
(b) Practical philosophy.
(c) His original beliefs.
(d) His predecessors.

6. To what are Marx's theories leading him?
(a) In a more radical direction.
(b) In a more conservative direction.
(c) More abstract economic problems in society.
(d) Less abstract economic problems in society.

7. Increasing the efficiency of the work and the worker's productive output does what?
(a) Puts money in the capitalist's wallet and not the hands of the worker.
(b) Puts money in the hands of the workers.
(c) Puts money in the hands of both the capitalist and the worker.
(d) Causes more stress on the worker.

8. Capitalism will need to be replaced by what?
(a) Democracy.
(b) A form of government that will protect and value the worker.
(c) A dictatorship.
(d) Socialism.

9. What does Marx do with Hegel and Feurerbach's theories?
(a) He takes them and produces something new.
(b) He abandons them.
(c) He ridicules them.
(d) He throws them out.

10. Vico suggested that the history of man passes through how many different stages?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

11. What is the second stage, according to Vico?
(a) Hunter gatherer.
(b) Barbarism.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Feudalism.

12. What is meant by mechanistic?
(a) Examining everything from a worker's perspective.
(b) From the perspective of a worker.
(c) Someone who fixes machinery.
(d) Examining everything from a mechanical point of view.

13. After the Greek epoch, the so-called Age of Faith occurred during what period?
(a) The Ottoman Empire.
(b) The Roman Empire.
(c) The Middle Ages.
(d) The Italian Renaissance.

14. Descartes used a _______________ logic to examine the world.
(a) Materialistic.
(b) Critical.
(c) Analytic.
(d) Subject.

15. Why is a worker's labor power a commodity in a capitalist state?
(a) The capitalist sells the labor power.
(b) The capitalist gives the laborer the power.
(c) The capitalist buys the labor power.
(d) The capitalist is the power.