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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Edmund Wilson describe Taine's approach to history?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Journalistic.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Biographical.

2. How does Edmund Wilson describe the relationship between Marx and Engels?
(a) Engels gave Marx intellectual seriousness and political zeal.
(b) Engels gave Marx support.
(c) Marx gave Engels structure and inspiration.
(d) Marx kept Engels from going stray.

3. How is the "Communist Manifesto" described?
(a) The tools for bringing a revolution.
(b) A post-revolutionary society.
(c) The methods a revolutionary party should employ.
(d) A legal defense of a workers' revolution.

4. To what does Edmund Wilson attribute the need for political action in the early/mid 1800s?
(a) Lack of reform by Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
(b) Droughts.
(c) Riots and strikes.
(d) Centralization of power in the hands of the aristocracy.

5. Why did Saint-Simon not participate in the French Revolution?
(a) He was in exile.
(b) He was too young.
(c) He considered it destructive.
(d) He was in prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Taine examine works of literature?

2. How did Marx review Proudhon's book on private property?

3. Where did Michelet begin his work on the French Revolution?

4. What was Marx's passion while he was studying law?

5. What was Taine distancing himself from in his work?

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