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

2. What did Fourier and Owen believed about wealth?
(a) It should be given to the poor and weak.
(b) It should be equally distributed to all.
(c) It should be distributed too all based on a formula.
(d) It should be kept by the strong and the powerful.

3. What organization did Michelet want to create?
(a) An armed peace league.
(b) An international monetary fund.
(c) A European army to keep workers in line.
(d) A congress of industrial leaders.

4. How long did the communist government last in Paris after Michelet had his stroke?
(a) Five years.
(b) Two and a half months.
(c) Ten months.
(d) Five months.

5. What did Taine study after 1871, when the Commune was established?
(a) Philosophy and language.
(b) Mysticism and spirituality.
(c) Science and religion.
(d) Politics and economics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Edmund Wilson characterize for Taine the difference between history and science?

2. What did Taine believe about the French Revolution?

3. What name was ultimately given to the line of thought Michelet developed?

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

5. Where did Owen put his idealistic notions into practice?

(see the answer key)

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