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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. What was Marx's passion while he was studying law?
(a) International law.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Contract law.
(d) Poetry.

2. Edmund Wilson relates that Babeuf worked at __________.
(a) Promoting the Revolution.
(b) Secularizing France.
(c) Protecting the rich from the Revolution.
(d) Attacking the church during the Revolution.

3. When was Michelet suspended from his teaching post?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1848.

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

5. How does Edmund Wilson characterize for Taine the difference between history and science?
(a) There was no perspective to observe outside of historical events.
(b) There was no certainty about history.
(c) There was no way to measure quantities in history.
(d) There was no experimenting in history.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Taine study after 1871, when the Commune was established?

4. Saint-Simon thought society should be based on ____________.

5. What value does Edmund Wilson attribute to Michelet's work?

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