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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. Did Marx's works receive wide acclaim during his lifetime?

2. For whom did Marx and Engels write this?

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

4. What does Rius attempt to do with these terms?

5. Marx and Engels were commissioned to write what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Frederick Engels?

2. Describe the creation of Capital.

3. For whom is this book written?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What do people think of Marx?

10. What can be said about Marx's influence on the world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

French socialism was a major influence on Marx.

Part 1) Who are the French socialists? In what did they believe?

Part 2) Are their ideas about society possible? Why or why not?

Part 3) How did Marx use the ideas of these socialists to expand upon or support his own ideas?

Part 4) How did Marx take these philosophical views and make them more practical? Do you agree with these practical views on how to solve the economic problems for exploited workers? Why or why not?

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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