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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Saint-Simon's theory of history?
(a) A punctuated equilibrium.
(b) A cycle of development and destruction.
(c) A seething chaos run by the powerful.
(d) Waves of equilibrium and breakdown.

3. According to the author, what ended with the French Revolution?
(a) Feudalism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Religion.
(d) Capitalism.

4. What did La Scienza Nuova do for Michelet?
(a) It gave him a new standard for validating experimental results.
(b) It let him tell a new and different history of France.
(c) It allowed him to tie all branches of science together.
(d) It gave him a new religious perspective on the origin of the universe.

5. What value does Edmund Wilson attribute to Michelet's work?
(a) He described history from the perspective of the people living through it.
(b) He told the history of nations who lost wars but kept their culture intact.
(c) He told history from the poor people's perspective.
(d) He described the subterranean narrative driving history.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Edmund Wilson, Saint-Simon represented______________.

2. According to the author, what was the result of the French Revolution?

3. How did Taine examine works of literature?

4. How old was Babeuf during the Revolution?

5. According to the the author, what did Babeuf want for the people?

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