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

2. According to the author, Michelet's writings demonstrate _____________.
(a) How different economies drive different parts of each nation's economy.
(b) How class warfare is latent in every nation.
(c) How all classes belong to one economy.
(d) How the master-slave dialectic is present in every culture.

3. According to the the author, what did Babeuf want for the people?
(a) More productivity.
(b) More self-sacrifice.
(c) A better life.
(d) More religion and morality.

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

5. How does Edmund Wilson contrast Taine with Renan?
(a) Edmund Wilson says that Taine was a less important thinker than Renan.
(b) Edmund Wilson says that Taine was not a serious historian.
(c) Edmund Wilson says that Taine is a more religious thinker than Renan.
(d) Edmund Wilson saw Taine as concerned with the present.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What name was ultimately given to the line of thought Michelet developed?

3. What did Michelet describe about each social class?

4. What did Michelet say about the French Revolution?

5. Where did Michelet begin his work on the French Revolution?

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