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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. Where did Robert Owen work?
(a) In a factory in London.
(b) In a textile mill in Manchester.
(c) In a shipping company in Glasgow.
(d) In a mining town in Nottingham.

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

3. Where were most French artists and thinkers living in the early 1850s?
(a) In Paris.
(b) In Munich.
(c) In exile.
(d) In London.

4. What does Edmund Wilson say about the French artists' and intellectuals' engagement with politics after Louis Bonaparte became Emperor in 1851?
(a) They were deeply committed to fighting for the workers.
(b) They wanted to create their own republic.
(c) They were not interested.
(d) They wanted to preserve the old feudal system of patronage.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the French Enlightenment doctrine that inspired both Fourier and Owen?

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

5. What made Michelet unique?

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