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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marx's study of economics contains a discrepancy because he included _______.
(a) Religion in making a mathematical argument.
(b) Statistics in predicting class warfare.
(c) Pragmatism in defining group psychology.
(d) Morality in predicting economic behavior.

2. What was Taine distancing himself from in his work?
(a) Religion.
(b) History.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Catholicism.

3. Describe Trotsky's early relationship with Lenin.
(a) He fought to temper Lenin's totalitarian impulses.
(b) He worked to popularize his ideas internationally.
(c) He stayed at his house, but he voted against him in the Second Congress.
(d) His enthusiasm spurred Lenin's revolutionary ambitions.

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

5. Describe Lenin's relationship with his wife?
(a) She worked at his side to organize the workers.
(b) She managed the distribution of his ideas.
(c) He kept her apart from his political activities.
(d) She helped build his name as a leader in any communist revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Trotsky return to Russia after the 1905 revolt?

2. Who were the Lenins with when they returned to Russia in 1917?

3. To what does Edmund Wilson attribute the need for political action in the early/mid 1800s?

4. How does Edmund Wilson describe Marx and Engels' doctrine for intervention in human affairs?

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

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