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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. What value does Edmund Wilson attribute to Michelet's work?
(a) He described history from the perspective of the people living through it.
(b) He told history from the poor people's perspective.
(c) He told the history of nations who lost wars but kept their culture intact.
(d) He described the subterranean narrative driving history.

2. 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.

3. Prosper Enfantin was a follower of whom?
(a) Fourier and Owens.
(b) Michelet.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Saint-Simon.

4. What did Michelet describe about each social class?
(a) Its interdependence with the other classes.
(b) Its unique pressures and fears.
(c) Its lack of connection with the earth.
(d) Its unity with the other classes.

5. Michelet said that the bourgeoisie __________________.
(a) Are not in touch with the people.
(b) Are the majority of people.
(c) Own the means of production.
(d) Benefit by the oppression of the poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, Michelet's writings demonstrate _____________.

2. What happened to Michelet's interest in nations?

3. What was Taine distancing himself from in his work?

4. What did Michelet write as a result of his reading in the Renaissance?

5. On what point did Marx agree with Engels when he first read his work?

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