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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. What name was ultimately given to the line of thought Michelet developed?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Natural selection.
(d) Re-oriented natural history.

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

3. Why did Marx decide to leave Germany?
(a) It was becoming too rigid for his views.
(b) He was always being threatened.
(c) He was broke.
(d) He was wanted for his political activities.

4. What did Jules Michelet teach?
(a) Philosophy and history.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Religion.
(d) Biology and natural sciences.

5. What character trait does Edmund Wilson see in both Fourier and Owen?
(a) Admiration for technology.
(b) Totalitarianism.
(c) Intolerance for weakness.
(d) Abhorrence for cruelty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What in particular appalled Engels about the workers' conditions?

2. What does Marx say a society based on class prevents?

3. How long did the communist government last in Paris after Michelet had his stroke?

4. How were Fourier and Owen representative of early nineteenth century thinkers?

5. How did Taine examine works of literature?

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