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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were most French artists and thinkers living in the early 1850s?
(a) In London.
(b) In Munich.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In exile.

2. What does Marx say a society based on class prevents?
(a) Abuses of workers' rights.
(b) A recognition of universal rights.
(c) Solidarity between workers from different nations.
(d) Class warfare.

3. How does Edmund Wilson characterize Marx's view of Das Kapital?
(a) He says that Marx saw it as a new testament in Christian religion.
(b) He says that Marx saw it as monument to workers' sufferings.
(c) He says that Marx saw it as a rebellion against his parents' culture.
(d) He says that Marx saw it as a work of art.

4. What did Taine believe about the French Revolution?
(a) It was evidence of a workers' state coming into existence.
(b) It was evidence of corrections taking place.
(c) It was the beginning of the Communist Revolution.
(d) It would end in totalitarianism.

5. How does Edmund Wilson describe Marx's study of economics?
(a) As a study of capitalism.
(b) As a prediction of communism.
(c) As a prophecy of socialism.
(d) As a snapshot of Marx's moment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Taine examine works of literature?

2. What does Marx say a society based on class destroys?

3. According to Marxist economics, what kind of value does the worker create?

4. What does Edmund Wilson say about the French artists' and intellectuals' engagement with politics after Louis Bonaparte became Emperor in 1851?

5. What kind of approach toward the study of economics did Marx take?

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