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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Russia still not experienced by the end of the 19th century?
(a) Feudalism.
(b) Labor exploitation.
(c) Modern warfare.
(d) Industrialization.

2. According to Edmund Wilson's account, why didn't Marx and Engels consider Russia as a site of the first revolution?
(a) Russia did not have fiery leaders to spark a revolution.
(b) Russia had already transitioned from feudalism to capitalism without a war.
(c) Russia's economy was agricultural.
(d) Russia had industrialized very quickly, bringing prosperity to the masses.

3. What thinker did Marx return to after he broke with Proudhon?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Michelet.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Saint-Simon.

4. To what does Edmund Wilson attribute the need for political action in the early/mid 1800s?
(a) Lack of reform by Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
(b) Centralization of power in the hands of the aristocracy.
(c) Riots and strikes.
(d) Droughts.

5. Where did Friedrich Engels grow up?
(a) Barmen, Germany.
(b) Stuttgart, Germany.
(c) Salzburg, Austria.
(d) Zurich, Switzerland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Michelet write after he had become the Conservator of the French Archives?

2. What did Fourier and Owen believed about wealth?

3. What was Engels converted to in Cologne?

4. How does Marx distinguish between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie in terms of morality?

5. What language did Michelet NOT read?

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