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To the Finland Station; a Study in the Writing and Acting of History Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Marx grow up?
(a) Trier.
(b) Munich.
(c) Dusseldorf.
(d) Berlin.

2. According to the author, Michelet's writings would reappear ___________.
(a) In Freud.
(b) In Darwin.
(c) In Marx.
(d) In Marcuse.

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

4. Where did Robert Owen work?
(a) In a factory in London.
(b) In a mining town in Nottingham.
(c) In a textile mill in Manchester.
(d) In a shipping company in Glasgow.

5. How does Michelet define the relations between the classes?
(a) Based on fear of the class below.
(b) Based on envy of the class above.
(c) Based on the ability to seize power.
(d) Based on greed.

6. Prosper Enfantin was a follower of whom?
(a) Fourier and Owens.
(b) Saint-Simon.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Michelet.

7. Why did Saint-Simon not participate in the French Revolution?
(a) He was in exile.
(b) He considered it destructive.
(c) He was too young.
(d) He was in prison.

8. What did Fourier and Owen believe about the role of government?
(a) It should be based on its ability to maintain order.
(b) It should be concerned with public morality.
(c) It should be founded in church doctrine.
(d) It should focus on industry.

9. Michelet said that the bourgeoisie __________________.
(a) Are not in touch with the people.
(b) Are the majority of people.
(c) Benefit by the oppression of the poor.
(d) Own the means of production.

10. What did Michelet write as a result of his reading in the Renaissance?
(a) L'Amour.
(b) Roman History.
(c) The Insect.
(d) Introduction to Universal History.

11. Which university did Marx attend?
(a) Munich.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Weisbaden.
(d) Bonn.

12. What did La Scienza Nuova describe?
(a) A new approach to history.
(b) A new standard for evidence and experimentation.
(c) A new model for gravity and the evolution of the universe.
(d) A new approach to scientific inquiry.

13. According to Edmund Wilson, Saint-Simon represented______________.
(a) The bourgeoisie.
(b) The ancien regime.
(c) The poor.
(d) The new kind of writer.

14. What did Taine study after 1871, when the Commune was established?
(a) Science and religion.
(b) Philosophy and language.
(c) Mysticism and spirituality.
(d) Politics and economics.

15. How does Edmund Wilson contrast Taine with Renan?
(a) Edmund Wilson says that Taine was not a serious historian.
(b) Edmund Wilson says that Taine is a more religious thinker than Renan.
(c) Edmund Wilson saw Taine as concerned with the present.
(d) Edmund Wilson says that Taine was a less important thinker than Renan.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Edmund Wilson, Babeuf saw the center of power during the French Revolution as being ______________.

2. What did Fourier and Owen believe about the relationship between groups and society?

3. What was Taine distancing himself from in his work?

4. What did Michelet describe about each social class?

5. What name was ultimately given to the line of thought Michelet developed?

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