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

2. How did the "Communist Manifesto treat education?
(a) It should proselytize for Communism.
(b) It should be apolitical.
(c) It should be free.
(d) It should be political.

3. What in particular appalled Engels about the workers' conditions?
(a) Their lack of education.
(b) Their subservience to the masters.
(c) Their accidents and illnesses.
(d) Their cruelty to each other.

4. According to the author, Saint-Simon viewed society's goals as changing ______________.
(a) From community and church to production and consumption.
(b) From production and consumption to war and conquest.
(c) From communal power to individual power.
(d) From war for conquest to war for annihilation.

5. What did Marx and Engels see as the end of capitalism?
(a) To militarize commerce.
(b) To reduce costs and increase efficiency.
(c) To get the proletariat to rebel.
(d) To suppress dissent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Edmund Wilson describe Marx's study of economics?

2. What position did Marx take in 1842?

3. Where does stability come from in dialectic materialism?

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

5. Where did Michelet go during his travels through Europe?

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