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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 made Michelet unique?
(a) He injected his own feelings into his historical narrative.
(b) He saw the interrelatedness of all life.
(c) He described the underlying unity of historical themes.
(d) He wrote in the language of the ordinary man.

2. According to the author, what was the result of the French Revolution?
(a) Wealth was concentrated in a few hands.
(b) The church acquired large amounts of land.
(c) Private property was abolished in many places.
(d) The people acquired vast political power.

3. What did Babeuf do when he got out of prison?
(a) Began to use violence as a political tool.
(b) Went into exile.
(c) Joined the underground.
(d) Wrote incendiary political tracts.

4. What were Michelet's other books like after his History of France?
(a) Smaller, but more detailed.
(b) Longer, and more confusing.
(c) Longer, and more detailed.
(d) Smaller, but more visionary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Edmund Wilson describe Marx and Engels' doctrine for intervention in human affairs?

2. What language did Michelet NOT read?

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

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

5. Why did Marx break with Proudhon?

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