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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, Saint-Simon viewed society's goals as changing ______________.
(a) From communal power to individual power.
(b) From production and consumption to war and conquest.
(c) From community and church to production and consumption.
(d) From war for conquest to war for annihilation.

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

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

4. How does Edmund Wilson describe Taine's approach to history?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Biographical.
(c) Journalistic.
(d) Spiritual.

5. How were Marx' early writings received?
(a) They were not much noticed.
(b) They resulted in his exile from Germany.
(c) They incited radical groups to action.
(d) They generated interest from the newspaper readers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character trait does Edmund Wilson see in both Fourier and Owen?

2. According to the author, what happened to the bourgeoisie after the French Revolution?

3. What language did Michelet NOT read?

4. What position did Marx take in 1842?

5. How old was Babeuf during the Revolution?

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