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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. According to the author, the success of Owen's community depended on ______________.
(a) Owen's subsidies.
(b) Inflated prices for coal.
(c) Owen's presence.
(d) Strict enforcement of laws.

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

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

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

5. How were Fourier and Owen representative of early nineteenth century thinkers?
(a) They supported totalitarian leaders.
(b) They espoused liberal political views.
(c) They wanted a return to law and order.
(d) They did not subscribe to liberal politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Saint-Simon's theory of history?

2. Why did Saint-Simon not participate in the French Revolution?

3. What did Michelet describe about each social class?

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

5. What did Michelet write about beginning in 1843?

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