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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. According to Edmund Wilson, Babeuf saw the center of power during the French Revolution as being ______________.
(a) In the hands of the people who were unhappy.
(b) In the hands of people who counted the votes.
(c) In the hands of people who appointed the leaders.
(d) In the hands of the people with armies.

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

3. Why did Marx break with Proudhon?
(a) He disliked Proudhon as a person.
(b) He found gaps in Proudhon's logic.
(c) He no longer agreed with him.
(d) He doubted Proudhon's commitment to a revolution.

4. According to the author, Michelet's writings would reappear ___________.
(a) In Darwin.
(b) In Marcuse.
(c) In Freud.
(d) In Marx.

5. What position did Marx take in 1842?
(a) Political activist.
(b) Investigative reporter.
(c) Editor-in-chief of a newspaper.
(d) Editor of a radical magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Edmund Wilson attribute the need for political action in the early/mid 1800s?

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

3. What was the one condition on which Proudhon agreed to Marx's project?

4. What was Saint-Simon's theory of history?

5. On what point did Marx agree with Engels when he first read his work?

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