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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 was the French Enlightenment doctrine that inspired both Fourier and Owen?
(a) The notion that man is fundamentally good, but is corrupted by institutions.
(b) The belief that man will always be at war with himself.
(c) The concept man is corrupt and evil except for the church and government.
(d) That idea that man internalizes the tension between civilization and anarchy.

2. What made Michelet unique?
(a) He described the underlying unity of historical themes.
(b) He saw the interrelatedness of all life.
(c) He injected his own feelings into his historical narrative.
(d) He wrote in the language of the ordinary man.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Edmund Wilson, Babeuf saw the center of power during the French Revolution as being ______________.

2. What was the subject of Renan's The Future of Science?

3. What French philosopher influenced both Fourier and Owen?

4. According to the the author, what did Babeuf want for the people?

5. Michelet said that the bourgeoisie __________________.

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