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

2. What did Michelet study in history?
(a) The theories that unified all history into one narrative.
(b) Technology's influence on the means of production.
(c) The personalities that played a role in it.
(d) The range of religious expression.

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

4. What thinker did Marx return to after he broke with Proudhon?
(a) Michelet.
(b) Saint-Simon.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Rousseau.

5. Where did Marx grow up?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Dusseldorf.
(c) Trier.
(d) Munich.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Edmund Wilson describe Anatole France?

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

3. Where did Michelet go during his travels through Europe?

4. What did Taine believe about the French Revolution?

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

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