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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 does Rius want this book to be?

2. How might Rius describe Marx's many works?

3. How did Rius learn about Marx?

4. Engels was the son of whom?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What else did Marx write?

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

5. For whom is this book? Why is it for this type of person?

6. What does Rius think of his attempt to summarize Marxism?

7. For whom is this book written?

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

9. What do people think of Marx?

10. Why is Marx important to the author?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Frederick Engels has a huge impact on Marx.

Part 1) Who was Frederick Engels? How did he impact Marx?

Part 2) Why did the two become friends? What do they have in common?

Part 3) Why might Marx be more well-known to the general population than Engels? Does this popularity make Marx more knowledgeable or a more profound philosopher than Engels? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Giambattista Vico suggests that man passes through three different stages.

Part 1) Who is Giambattista Vico? What are these three stages?

Part 2) How does he support this belief? Is it valid? Why or why not?

Part 3) How do his beliefs compare to others at the same time?

Part 4) Are his suggestions relevant today? If so, how? If not, why not?

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