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

2. How did Taine examine works of literature?
(a) As living spiritual events.
(b) As living experiences.
(c) As historical way posts.
(d) As specimens.

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

4. What did Michelet focus on in his histories?
(a) Laws.
(b) Traditions.
(c) Paradoxes.
(d) Customs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What value does Edmund Wilson attribute to Michelet's work?

2. What did Michelet say about the French Revolution?

3. What does Edmund Wilson say Taine tried to represent in his history?

4. What did Taine believe about the French Revolution?

5. Michelet said that the bourgeoisie __________________.

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