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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 was Ludwig Feuerbach?

2. After the Greek epoch, the so-called Age of Faith occurred during what period?

3. What does alienation do to men?

4. What did Hegel fail to see that still existed in society?

5. Increasing the efficiency of the work and the worker's productive output does what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are dialectics and the dialectical method?

2. Describe an example given by Marx about a capitalist employer.

3. What does Marx say about alienation?

4. What are Kant's ideas?

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

6. How might a socialist system be practical?

7. What is the importance of competition? What example does Marx give to support this? How does this factor into capitalism?

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

9. Who are the two types of men philosophy sees? Describe these two types.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

To examine the roots of Marxism, Rius begins by looking at early man.

Part 1) What does Rius say about early man, according to Marx?

Part 2) Do you believe this is accurate? Why or why not?

Part 3) What does this reveal about Marx's beliefs about religion and its power over people?

Essay Topic 3

Marx's work birthed political journalism.

Part 1) Describe Marx's work and its connection to journalism.

Part 2) How had journalism been changed and/or improved by Marx?

Part 3) How does journalism today reflect Marx's career as a writer and editor? Would you agree that he "birthed political journalism?" Why or why not?

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