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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 Poles support the party that insists on a/an ______________ revolution.

2. In the earlier epochs of history, we find almost everywhere a complicated arrangement of _________ into various orders.

3. In almost all of these classes are subordinate ___________.

4. "The workers have no ___________. We cannot take from them what they have not got."

5. Who requested that The Communist Manifesto be authored?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the precursors of the modern bourgeoisie?

2. Who do the Communists in France ally themselves with?

3. Describe the party that the Poles support.

4. Who are the authors of the Communist Manifesto?

5. Whose vocation had it been previously to write pamphlets against the modern bourgeois society?

6. What does the beginning of this section have to say about Communism in terms of what it is NOT?

7. What is the immediate aim of the Communists?

8. What does Communism seek to do with property?

9. What does the opening line say is haunting Europe?

10. Who was the head of the school of petty-bourgeois socialism?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The proletariat seem to be somehow different from the current idea of working class.

Part 1: What makes the proletariat different from today's working class?

Part 2: What made the proletariat in Marx's time so important?

Part 3: What are the hardships that cause the proletariat to be unsatisfied with their lives in Marx's time?

Essay Topic 2

The idea of class being the root of all troubles is one that Marx describes at length.

Part 1: Define the idea of class in society then and now.

Part 2: What does class structure do to cause the trouble that Marx feels needs to be changed?

Part 3: Why is class structure so important to the argument for Communism?

Essay Topic 3

While Communism wants to take away the bourgeois ownership of property, it is not against the advancement of the individual.

Part 1: Why doesn't Communism want to take away the ability of the individual to advance?

Part 2: How can a person advance themselves individually?

Part 3: What is a person prohibited to do as they advance themselves?

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