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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What name was ultimately given to the line of thought Michelet developed?
(a) Communism.
(b) Re-oriented natural history.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Natural selection.

3. What was the subject of Renan's The Future of Science?
(a) Conflict in scientific communities.
(b) Philosophy in economics.
(c) Morality and faith in society.
(d) Technology and science in religion.

4. What did La Scienza Nuova examine?
(a) The inevitable lifecycle of imperial cultures.
(b) The factors that led to the development of societies.
(c) The factors that allowed republican nations to turn into empires.
(d) The factors that determined which species would survive.

5. How does Michelet define the relations between the classes?
(a) Based on envy of the class above.
(b) Based on the ability to seize power.
(c) Based on greed.
(d) Based on fear of the class below.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Michelet focus on in his histories?

2. What Renaissance thinker did Michelet discover?

3. According to the author, Michelet's writings would reappear ___________.

4. How long did the communist government last in Paris after Michelet had his stroke?

5. What organization did Michelet want to create?

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