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

2. What did Michelet say about the French Revolution?
(a) The French Revolution was inseparable from developments in economic theory.
(b) The people were more important than the leaders.
(c) The masses would one day seize the means of production.
(d) The French Revolution was really a story about the development of military technology.

3. 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.

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

5. According to the author, what happened to the bourgeoisie after the French Revolution?
(a) They became the capitalist owners.
(b) They became entrepreneurs.
(c) They retained their power.
(d) They were reduced to workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Michelet said that the bourgeoisie __________________.

2. Michelet believed the history of the 19th century was summed up by _________.

3. What organization did Michelet want to create?

4. What Renaissance thinker did Michelet discover?

5. When was Jules Michelet teaching?

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