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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. Like others in his situation, to where did Marx move?

2. How does Rius plan on attempting to do the answer to number 21?

3. Today, people could be divided into three different groups, according to Rius. What are these three groups?

4. Some of the things indirectly owed to Marx include what?

5. How did Engels and Marx become friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significant of Marx?

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

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

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

5. What do people think of Marx?

6. Who is Frederick Engels?

7. Describe Marx's existence.

8. Why is Marx important to the author?

9. What do many people think of Rius' attempt to summarize Marxism?

10. How did Marx change while living in Paris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Descartes and Spinoza were great philosophers of the Seventeenth Century.

Part 1) Describe both philosophers. How were they great?

Part 2) How did the both view humanity? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Part 3) How were they both wrong? How does this affect their overall beliefs? Does this affect their validity as philosophers? 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

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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