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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. What happened when Marx became unpopular with European governments?

2. Where was Marx born?

3. What did Marx do even when he was misunderstood?

4. Rius states that many people would see his attempt to summarize Marx as what?

5. What did Rius want to do regarding Marx?

Short Essay Questions

1. For whom is this book written?

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

3. Who is Frederick Engels?

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

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

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

7. Why is Marx important to the author?

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

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

10. Describe the creation of Capital.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Empiricism existed before Marxism.

Part 1) What is empiricism? How did this belief come to exist?

Part 2) How did men like Locke and Hume support this idea of empiricism? How did their beliefs, in turn, affect the leaders during their time?

Part 3) What role did empiricism play in the history of our own country?

Essay Topic 3

Marx discusses alienation.

Part 1) What is alienation? how does this relate to the ideas of both Ludwig Feuerbach and Hegel?

Part 2) How does Marx's belief about alienation support socialism?

Part 3) Are Marx's views regarding alienation, private ownership, and socialism valid? Why or why not?

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