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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 Communists disdain to _______ their views and aims.

2. Fill in the blank: Where is the __________ that has not hurled back the branding reproach of communism?

3. Being a capitalist is a _________ position in production.

4. The class culture merely trains a person to act as a __________.

5. What took the place of the system in #28?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the authors of the Communist Manifesto?

2. What do the authors say it's high time that Communists do?

3. What languages was the Communist Manifesto meant to be published in?

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

5. What revolution is given as an example for a society that abolished feudal property?

6. The Communists fight for the attainment of what kinds of aims?

7. List some of the opposing groups that The Communist Manifesto lists in the first pages of this section.

8. What does reactionary socialism, specifically feudal socialism literature, seek to upbraid the bourgeoisie about?

9. What do the authors say is already acknowledged by all the European powers to be itself a power?

10. Why do the Communists have the advantage over others?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

It seems that Marx wants to make the proletariat the ruling class, but this seems to be contradictory.

Part 1: If the proletariat are the ruling class, how is this different from the society's construct before that change?

Part 2: Does this idea seem to go against Communism?

Part 3: What problems might occur as a result of the proletariat being in charge?

Essay Topic 3

The two classes that Marx focuses on seem to be either adding to the problems or suffering as a result of the problems.

Part 1: Define the idea of the proletariat.

Part 2: Define the idea of the bourgeoisie.

Part 3: Compare and contrast these classes as well as redefine them in terms of today's societal labels.

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