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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 had Marx become now that Germany had expelled him?

2. How important was Hegel to Marx?

3. Engels was the son of whom?

4. For whom did Engels work for awhile?

5. For whom did Marx and Engels write this?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Marx use his poverty to his advantage?

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

4. How might the world be different without Marx?

5. How did journalism change because of Marx?

6. What else did Marx write?

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

8. Who is Frederick Engels?

9. What is the purpose of this book?

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

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

Karl Marx is widely regarded as the founder of Communism.

Part 1) What is Communism? Why is he widely regarded as the founder of Communism?

Part 2) What theories are connected to Communism? How did they influence Marx's ideas?

Part 3) How might the world be different without Communism and Karl Marx? Use the text to support the response.

Essay Topic 3

The Age of Faith occurred during the Middle Ages.

Part 1) What is the Age of Faith? Why did it occur?

Part 2) How did it affect philosophers? What occurred as a reaction to this Age of Faith? How did this occur?

Part 3) How are both the Age of Faith and the response to the Age of Faith seen today?

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