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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Michelet write as a result of his reading in the Renaissance?
(a) L'Amour.
(b) The Insect.
(c) Roman History.
(d) Introduction to Universal History.

2. What character trait does Edmund Wilson see in both Fourier and Owen?
(a) Totalitarianism.
(b) Abhorrence for cruelty.
(c) Admiration for technology.
(d) Intolerance for weakness.

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. What did La Scienza Nuova do for Michelet?
(a) It let him tell a new and different history of France.
(b) It allowed him to tie all branches of science together.
(c) It gave him a new religious perspective on the origin of the universe.
(d) It gave him a new standard for validating experimental results.

5. What was Michelet's relationship with socialism?
(a) He preached it in poor neighborhoods.
(b) He condemned it.
(c) He did not endorse it.
(d) He prophesied it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edmund Wilson examine from the Middle Ages?

2. According to the author, what ended with the French Revolution?

3. How long did the communist government last in Paris after Michelet had his stroke?

4. What did Fourier and Owen believe about the role of government?

5. How old was Anatole France at the time of the Commune?

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