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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. How long did the communist government last in Paris after Michelet had his stroke?
(a) Ten months.
(b) Two and a half months.
(c) Five years.
(d) Five months.

2. What did La Scienza Nuova describe?
(a) A new approach to history.
(b) A new model for gravity and the evolution of the universe.
(c) A new standard for evidence and experimentation.
(d) A new approach to scientific inquiry.

3. What was Michelet's relationship with Marx and Engels?
(a) They were all persecuted together.
(b) They all signed an international pacifist manifesto.
(c) They all endorsed class warfare against the rich.
(d) They all worked toward brokering a peace between owners and workers.

4. What was Michelet trying to develop when he discovered the Renaissance philosopher?
(a) A new science of history.
(b) A theory of evolution.
(c) A theory of gravity.
(d) A new basis for poetry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Michelet suspended from his teaching post?

2. What did Michelet write as a result of his reading in the Renaissance?

3. What Renaissance thinker did Michelet discover?

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

5. What does Edmund Wilson examine from the Middle Ages?

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