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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. The capitalist figures in the price of production, hidden costs, and his own profit when deciding the value of a product. What keeps the capitalist's profits growing?

2. What increases alienation?

3. What does alienation do to men?

4. As the worker is not paid enough to meet his basic needs, he is forced to do what?

5. Greece produced three of the most well-known and important philosophers. Who were these philosophers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marx say about alienation?

2. Describe the French socialists. What did Marx think of these men?

3. What can be learned from the information in this chapter?

4. What is meant by materialism becoming mechanistic?

5. What was the Communist Manifesto?

6. How might a socialist system be practical?

7. How do the foundations of Marx's economic thought begin to come together?

8. What took place after the Greek epoch? Describe this period of time.

9. Who are three of Greece's most well-known and important philosophers? Give detailed information about the theories of one of these philosophers.

10. What is surplus value? How does this affect the worker?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many people would see Rius' attempt to summarize Marx as sacrilege.

Part 1) Why would they see it this way?

Part 2) Do you believe Marxism should be summarized? Why or why not?

Part 3) Why does Rius attempt to summarize Marx's works? What would Marx think of this? use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Marx's major work was Capital.

Part 1) What is Capital? How is this a major work?

Part 2) Can this truly be considered a work entirely by Marx? Why or why not?

Part 3) What other works were completed by Marx? How might they have influenced the writing of Capital?

Essay Topic 3

Rius has divided up Marx's work into three "basics."

Part 1) What are the "basics?" Describe each of them.

Part 2) How do the ideas of other philosophers influence each of these "basics?"

Part 3) How do each of these "basics" support Marx's overall beliefs, as well as communism? How have these "basics" been used by governments recently in history?

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