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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 did Michelet say about the French Revolution?
(a) The masses would one day seize the means of production.
(b) The people were more important than the leaders.
(c) The French Revolution was inseparable from developments in economic theory.
(d) The French Revolution was really a story about the development of military technology.

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

3. What was the one condition on which Proudhon agreed to Marx's project?
(a) It would not result in political action.
(b) It would not put them at risk of being arrested.
(c) It would bring about the revolution.
(d) It would not become a religious doctrine.

4. What did Taine study after 1871, when the Commune was established?
(a) Mysticism and spirituality.
(b) Politics and economics.
(c) Philosophy and language.
(d) Science and religion.

5. Where did Marx learn about the ideas of Saint-Simon?
(a) From his neighbor.
(b) From his parents.
(c) In the military.
(d) In school.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, Michelet's writings would reappear ___________.

2. How were Marx' early writings received?

3. What did Taine believe about the French Revolution?

4. Why was Marx placed under police surveillance at the university?

5. How is the "Communist Manifesto" described?

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