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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 did Michelet write after he had become the Conservator of the French Archives?
(a) Introduction to Universal History.
(b) Roman History.
(c) The Insect.
(d) History of the Middle Ages.

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

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

4. What did Michelet describe about each social class?
(a) Its unity with the other classes.
(b) Its interdependence with the other classes.
(c) Its unique pressures and fears.
(d) Its lack of connection with the earth.

5. Why was Michelet suspended from his teaching post?
(a) Obscenity.
(b) Treason.
(c) Radicalism.
(d) Impropriety.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did La Scienza Nuova describe?

2. What was Michelet's relationship with Marx and Engels?

3. What did Michelet say about the French Revolution?

4. What value does Edmund Wilson attribute to Michelet's work?

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

(see the answer key)

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