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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Marx review Proudhon's book on private property?
(a) With a glowing, appreciative review.
(b) With a short, dismissive review.
(c) With a hagiography.
(d) With a book of his own.

2. Why was Marx placed under police surveillance at the university?
(a) For womanizing.
(b) For subversive ideas.
(c) For subverting the university.
(d) For debt.

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

4. How does Edmund Wilson characterize Marx's view of Das Kapital?
(a) He says that Marx saw it as a rebellion against his parents' culture.
(b) He says that Marx saw it as a new testament in Christian religion.
(c) He says that Marx saw it as monument to workers' sufferings.
(d) He says that Marx saw it as a work of art.

5. Where were most French artists and thinkers living in the early 1850s?
(a) In exile.
(b) In London.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In Munich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the French Enlightenment doctrine that inspired both Fourier and Owen?

2. What was Michelet trying to develop when he discovered the Renaissance philosopher?

3. When was Michelet suspended from his teaching post?

4. What does Edmund Wilson say about the French artists' and intellectuals' engagement with politics after Louis Bonaparte became Emperor in 1851?

5. How does Michelet define the relations between the classes?

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