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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. What was Engels converted to in Cologne?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Protestantism.
(d) Political activity.

2. 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 a work of art.
(c) He says that Marx saw it as a rebellion against his parents' culture.
(d) He says that Marx saw it as monument to workers' sufferings.

3. How did Marx first hear of Engels?
(a) He read one of his articles.
(b) Engels sought him out for help with an article.
(c) He met him through friends.
(d) He met him by chance.

4. Who converted Engels in Cologne?
(a) Saint-Simon.
(b) Michelet.
(c) Marx.
(d) Hess.

5. What is Marx's fundamental critique of capitalists?
(a) Their technology has alienated the workers from their labor.
(b) They do not deserve the workers' surplus value.
(c) They misspend the value they skim from the system.
(d) They are fighting their own historical development into socialists.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Edmund Wilson describe Taine's approach to history?

2. What did Marx and Engels combine with the goals of the utopian socialists?

3. How does Edmund Wilson contrast Taine with Renan?

4. What philosopher did Engels become interested in when he was in Berlin?

5. What doctrine influenced both Marx and Engels?

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