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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 does Edmund Wilson characterize for Taine the difference between history and science?
(a) There was no way to measure quantities in history.
(b) There was no perspective to observe outside of historical events.
(c) There was no certainty about history.
(d) There was no experimenting in history.

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

3. Where did Michelet go during his travels through Europe?
(a) Churches.
(b) Battlefields.
(c) Monasteries.
(d) Libraries.

4. What did Jules Michelet teach?
(a) Biology and natural sciences.
(b) Philosophy and history.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Religion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Michelet write after he had become the Conservator of the French Archives?

2. What does Edmund Wilson say Taine tried to represent in his history?

3. How does Edmund Wilson contrast Taine with Renan?

4. What did Michelet study in history?

5. What did Taine study after 1871, when the Commune was established?

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