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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. Of what church did Marx's father become a member?

2. His father was a lawyer and Marx also went to law school. What did Marx do during law school?

3. Rius suggests what about non-Communists?

4. Engels was the son of whom?

5. How might Rius' approach to Marxism be described?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Frederick Engels?

2. What is known about Marx's relationship with Jenny Von Westphalen?

3. What else did Marx write?

4. What were Marx and Engels commissioned to write? For whom did they write this?

5. Is Rius attempting to be prove himself to be a Marx scholar?

6. What gives Rius an amount of credibility?

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

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

9. How did journalism change because of Marx?

10. How did Marx change while living in Paris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Karl Marx was a Jewish German.

Part 1) Why did he not consider himself a Jew? With what religious organization was he once affiliated? Why might this have changed?

Part 2) If he had been raised in a different religion or church, could he have grown up as a religious person? Why or why not?

Part 3) How do his feelings towards religion affect his political beliefs?

Essay Topic 2

Hegel was a big influence on Marx.

Part 1) Who was Hegel? How did he influence Marx?

Part 2) With what aspects of Hegel's beliefs did Marx not agree? Why?

Part 3) Regarding Hegel, what other philosophies are important to study to understand Hegel's views, and, therefore, some of Marx's views? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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