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

2. Where did Michelet begin his work on the French Revolution?
(a) With the Rights of Man.
(b) With the American Revolution.
(c) With feudalism.
(d) With Locke and Rousseau.

3. How does Edmund Wilson contrast Taine with Renan?
(a) Edmund Wilson says that Taine is a more religious thinker than Renan.
(b) Edmund Wilson saw Taine as concerned with the present.
(c) Edmund Wilson says that Taine was not a serious historian.
(d) Edmund Wilson says that Taine was a less important thinker than Renan.

4. What does Edmund Wilson examine from the Middle Ages?
(a) The development of a notion of humanity as a transcendent unity.
(b) The development of a theory of history.
(c) The emergence of the idea of nations.
(d) The emergence of the notion that man could improve himself.

5. How does Edmund Wilson describe Anatole France?
(a) As a racist.
(b) As a reformer.
(c) As a Catholic.
(d) As a radical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Michelet focus on in his histories?

2. What happened to Michelet's interest in nations?

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

4. What were Michelet's other books like after his History of France?

5. What did Michelet write about beginning in 1843?

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