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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom did Engels work for awhile?

2. Marx was of which part of the spectrum between conservative and liberal?

3. Like others in his situation, to where did Marx move?

4. How did Marx live for the rest of his life?

5. In Paris, Marx met the German, _____________, who has a significant impact on Marx.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the creation of Capital.

2. What do many think of Marx's works? How did his works affect others?

3. What is the purpose of this book?

4. What did Marx study in Berlin? How did this suit his personality? How did his father feel about this?

5. What gives Rius an amount of credibility?

6. About whom is this book? Describe some background information about him.

7. Who was Hegel? How was Marx influenced by him?

8. How did Engels and Marx meet and become friends?

9. Why can Rius not cover all of Marx's terms? What does he attempt to do instead?

10. What do people think of Marx?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rius has divided up Marx's work into three "basics."

Part 1) What are the "basics?" Describe each of them.

Part 2) How do the ideas of other philosophers influence each of these "basics?"

Part 3) How do each of these "basics" support Marx's overall beliefs, as well as communism? How have these "basics" been used by governments recently in history?

Essay Topic 2

Marx and Engel wrote the Communist Manifesto.

Part 1) What is the Communist Manifesto? Why did they write it?

Part 2) How does this Manifesto reflect other philosophers works? How might it have influenced philosophers after Marx and Engels?

Part 3) How important is this Manifesto in Marx's career and title as the founder of Communism?

Essay Topic 3

Those who tried to find logical reasons for natural events became known as "thinkers."

Part 1) Name four of these 'thinkers." How is each significant?

Part 2) How did these "thinkers" respond to the religious elite and vice versa? Why did the react in this way?

Part 3) Is this information about the "thinkers" accurate? Why or why not?

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