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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Anatole France at the time of the Commune?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Twenty-seven.
(c) Fifty-one.
(d) Thirty-seven.

2. Michelet said that the bourgeoisie __________________.
(a) Are the majority of people.
(b) Benefit by the oppression of the poor.
(c) Are not in touch with the people.
(d) Own the means of production.

3. What did Taine study after 1871, when the Commune was established?
(a) Mysticism and spirituality.
(b) Politics and economics.
(c) Philosophy and language.
(d) Science and religion.

4. According to the author, Michelet's writings would reappear ___________.
(a) In Darwin.
(b) In Marx.
(c) In Freud.
(d) In Marcuse.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Taine examine works of literature?

2. When was Michelet suspended from his teaching post?

3. What did Michelet write about beginning in 1843?

4. What did La Scienza Nuova examine?

5. What did La Scienza Nuova do for Michelet?

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