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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. Who was the signer of this preface?

2. What are the European and American proletariat working to gain at the time of this preface?

3. Who translated the first English version of The Communist Manifesto?

4. What is the Russian form of primeval common ownership of land called?

5. This basic thought belongs solely and exclusively to ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who used to supply raw materials to Europe while also being the market for the sale of its industrial products?

2. Where did the proletariat for the first time hold political power for two whole months?

3. Whenever independent proletarian movements continued to show signs of life, what happened?

4. Who produced the last authentic copy of The Communist Manifesto, according to Engels?

5. What occurred in London in November 1847?

6. What is the date of this preface's signing?

7. Who was the translator of the first Russian edition of The Communist Manifesto?

8. Why does Engels have to re-translate from the Russian version of The Communist Manifesto?

9. When and where was The Communist Manifesto Russian translation published?

10. What was the aim of the International Working Men's Association?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the end, Marx is also quick to point out that the revolutionaries should also work with other political parties.

Part 1: Why does Marx want the people to work with other political parties?

Part 2: What happens if this includes bourgeois in the parties?

Part 3: Do you think there can only be one party in Communism? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The progression of society is where Marx begins this theories.

Part 1: Describe the progress of society in relation to the development of the class system.

Part 2: What was the previous construct of society that begin to set up the two distinct groups?

Part 3: If society constantly changes, does it seem likely that the class system will also go away one day, just as it developed at one point?

Essay Topic 3

The role of property in this manuscript is one that could be hotly debated in today's world.

Part 1: How does Marx define property in this text?

Part 2: Why is property something that needs to become a communal possession?

Part 3: What happens when only one class of people own all the property?

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