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

2. When was Michelet suspended from his teaching post?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1850.

3. When was Jules Michelet teaching?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1820s.
(c) The 1880s.
(d) The 1850s.

4. What organization did Michelet want to create?
(a) A congress of industrial leaders.
(b) A European army to keep workers in line.
(c) An armed peace league.
(d) An international monetary fund.

5. Michelet believed the history of the 19th century was summed up by _________.
(a) Religion, technology, and militarism.
(b) Capitalism, militarism, and colonialism.
(c) Expansionism, militarism, and scientific progress.
(d) Industrialism, militarism, and socialism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Michelet describe about each social class?

2. According to the author, what happened to the bourgeoisie after the French Revolution?

3. What did Jules Michelet teach?

4. What was Michelet trying to develop when he discovered the Renaissance philosopher?

5. What value does Edmund Wilson attribute to Michelet's work?

(see the answer key)

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