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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what is Thales the father?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Economics.
(d) Science.

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

3. If power was in the hands of the rich, it is called what?
(a) Plutocracy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Intelligarchy.
(d) Oligarchy.

4. Philosophy sees two kinds of men. What are these kinds of men?
(a) Conservative and Liberal.
(b) Realists or dreamers.
(c) Materialist and idealist.
(d) Christians or pagans.

5. With this philosophy of seeing everything as mechanical, things are immutable or _____________________.
(a) Unchanging.
(b) Rarely changing.
(c) Usually changing.
(d) Changing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The law of supply and demand often determines what?

2. One Marxist theorist argued that by working for a capitalist and producing a commodity, the worker is increasing what?

3. Why would Hegel believe that a worker should not worry about the material?

4. What states that there is nothing beyond the natural?

5. Giambattista Vico produced some _____________________ during this time, although he is not as well-known.

Short Essay Questions

1. For what ideas was Hegel attacked? Why was he attacked?

2. What is the importance of competition? What example does Marx give to support this? How does this factor into capitalism?

3. What was the Communist Manifesto?

4. What does Marx say about the capitalist?

5. Who was Ludwig Feuerbach?

6. What are the ideas of empiricism? Who supported these ideas?

7. How does Rius begin to examine the roots of Marxism?

8. Who are the two types of men philosophy sees? Describe these two types.

9. What is meant by materialism becoming mechanistic?

10. What took place after the Greek epoch? Describe this period of time.

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