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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, what was the result of the French Revolution?
(a) The church acquired large amounts of land.
(b) Wealth was concentrated in a few hands.
(c) Private property was abolished in many places.
(d) The people acquired vast political power.

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

3. What did Michelet say about the French Revolution?
(a) The French Revolution was really a story about the development of military technology.
(b) The French Revolution was inseparable from developments in economic theory.
(c) The people were more important than the leaders.
(d) The masses would one day seize the means of production.

4. According to Edmund Wilson, how did Marx and Engels see history?
(a) As a series of oppositions between thesis and anti-thesis.
(b) As a flight from original sin.
(c) As a fulfillment of ancient prophecies.
(d) As a progression toward human liberty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Michelet study in history?

2. What did "The Condition of the Working Class in England" do for Marx?

3. What was Marx's passion while he was studying law?

4. Where did the "dialectic" in dialectic materialism come from?

5. What did Fourier and Owen believe about the role of government?

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