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

2. What was Ludwig Feuerbach?
(a) A materialist.
(b) A socialist.
(c) An idealist.
(d) A materialist, but metaphysical.

3. The capitalist buys what, along with the supplies, to make his product?
(a) Supporters.
(b) Othe wealthy capitalists.
(c) The labor.
(d) The building to house the supplies.

4. The law of supply and demand often determines what?
(a) The amount of work required.
(b) The price of a product.
(c) The amount of supplies needed.
(d) The number of laborers needed.

5. Rius examines the roots of Marxism. At what does he begin by looking?
(a) Early man.
(b) The Middle Ages.
(c) The Book of Genesis.
(d) Neanderthals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marx and Engels used dialectics. What are dialectics?

2. Of what is Thales the father?

3. How did Spinoza think of God?

4. What is meant by mechanistic?

5. The capitalist figures in the price of production, hidden costs, and his own profit when deciding the value of a product. What keeps the capitalist's profits growing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Marx and Engels get the opportunity to write the Communist Manifesto?

2. Who are three of Greece's most well-known and important philosophers? Give detailed information about the theories of one of these philosophers.

3. What does Marx say about the capitalist?

4. Describe the French socialists. What did Marx think of these men?

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

6. What are Kant's ideas?

7. Why does Marx not believe that simply raising the workers' salaries would change the situation?

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

9. How might a socialist system be practical?

10. How was religion used to keep workers enslaved?

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