View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is meant by mechanistic?

2. Who was Xenophanes?

3. Why does Rius begin by looking at this point in human history?

4. Aristotle argued that social conflict occurred because of what reason?

5. What is Rius' simple definition of capitalism?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Rius begin to examine the roots of Marxism?

3. What are the ideas of Giambattista Vico?

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

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

6. What does Marx say about the capitalist?

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

8. Who was Ludwig Feuerbach?

9. How might a socialist system be practical?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

French socialism was a major influence on Marx.

Part 1) Who are the French socialists? In what did they believe?

Part 2) Are their ideas about society possible? Why or why not?

Part 3) How did Marx use the ideas of these socialists to expand upon or support his own ideas?

Part 4) How did Marx take these philosophical views and make them more practical? Do you agree with these practical views on how to solve the economic problems for exploited workers? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,252 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample